Boeing 737-200 crash, Aug 24, 2008 (65 killed), Bishkek-M...
Boeing 737-200 accident on August 24, 2008 near Bishkek-Manas, Bishkek City, Kyrgyzstan with 65 fatalities. Cause: The crew descended below the minimum...
- Date: August 24, 2008
- Aircraft: Boeing 737-200
- Location: Bishkek-Manas, Bishkek City, Kyrgyzstan
- Fatalities: 65
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The crew descended below the minimum descent altitude during the night visual approach; the pressurization fault was probably caused by a jammed left forward door seal. Deviations from SOP, loss of visual contact with the runway and non-adherence to the TAWS warning contributed, according to MAK.
An Itek Air Boeing 737-200 flying a scheduled Bishkek to Tehran service for Iran Aseman turned back after a cabin pressurization fault. At night it descended below the minimum descent altitude for the visual approach, struck the ground short of Manas, and burned. Most people on board died.