Aviastar-TU Flight 1906
Wreckage of aircraft after impact | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 22 March 2010 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain |
| Site | Aviagorodok, near Moscow Domodedovo Airport, Moscow, Russia 55°25′51.6″N 37°51′24.4″E / 55.431000°N 37.856778°E |
| Aircraft | |
| RA-64011, the aircraft involved in the accident | |
| Aircraft type | Tupolev Tu-204-100 |
| Operator | Aviastar-TU |
| IATA flight No. | 4B1906 |
| ICAO flight No. | TUP1906 |
| Call sign | TUPOLEVAIR 1906 |
| Registration | RA-64011 |
| Flight origin | Hurghada International Airport, Hurghada, Egypt |
| Destination | Moscow Domodedovo Airport, Moscow, Russia |
| Occupants | 8 |
| Crew | 8 |
| Fatalities | 0 |
| Injuries | 8 |
| Survivors | 8 |
Aviastar-TU Flight 1906 was a Tupolev Tu-204 that crashed while attempting to land at Domodedovo International Airport, Moscow, Russia, in heavy fog on 22 March 2010. The aircraft was on a ferry flight from Hurghada International Airport, Egypt to Moscow, and had no passengers on board; all eight crew survived the accident, four with serious injuries requiring hospitalization and four with minor injuries. The accident was the first hull loss of a Tu-204 and the first hull loss for Aviastar-TU.
Investigators determined the cause of the accident to be failure of the autopilot system and poor cockpit crew performance.