Airbus A320 crash, May 3, 2006 (113 killed), Sochi-Adler
Airbus A320 accident on May 3, 2006 near Sochi-Adler, Krasnodar Krai, Russia with 113 fatalities. Cause: Controlled flight into water during a climb...
- Date: May 3, 2006
- Aircraft: Airbus A320
- Location: Sochi-Adler, Krasnodar Krai, Russia
- Fatalities: 113
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Controlled flight into water during a climb after an aborted approach. The captain made nose-down inputs while disoriented, the co-pilot did not monitor the descent parameters, and the crew did not react properly to the EGPWS warning.
An Armavia Airbus A320 on passenger flight RNV967 from Yerevan to Sochi attempted an approach at night in weather below the minima for runway 06. After a go-around was ordered, the aircraft climbed and struck the Black Sea near Sochi on 3 May 2006. All 113 people on board died, and the MAK final report found the captain's control inputs in a disoriented state led to the loss of the aircraft.