Boeing 727-200 crash, Jan 9, 2011 (78 killed), Orūmīyeh
Boeing 727-200 accident on January 9, 2011 near Orūmīyeh, West Azerbaijan, Iran with 78 fatalities. Cause: Poor weather and icing, with a stall during...
- Date: January 9, 2011
- Aircraft: Boeing 727-200
- Location: Orūmīyeh, West Azerbaijan, Iran
- Fatalities: 78
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Poor weather and icing, with a stall during the go-around after flaps were retracted at low altitude, compounded by aging systems, lack of weather simulator training, deviations from the operating manual and weak cockpit resource management.
An Iran Air Boeing 727 on scheduled flight IR277 from Tehran to Orumiyeh could not intercept the ILS in snow and low visibility and went around. Near stall speed in icing, it entered a steep left bank, two engines failed, and the aircraft stalled into the ground and broke in three without fire. 78 people died, including 8 crew, and 27 others were injured.