Bek Air Flight 2100

Bek Air Flight 2100
Wreck of the crushed fuselage in the morning after the accident
Accident
Date27 December 2019 (2019-12-27)
SummaryCrashed on takeoff in icy weather and ice on the wings, pilot error
SiteNear Almaty International Airport, Almaty, Kazakhstan
43°22′00″N 77°04′18″E / 43.36667°N 77.07167°E / 43.36667; 77.07167
Aircraft

UP-F1007, the aircraft involved, photographed in 2018
Aircraft typeFokker 100
OperatorBek Air
IATA flight No.Z92100
ICAO flight No.BEK2100
Call signBEKAIR 2100
RegistrationUP-F1007
Flight originAlmaty International Airport, Kazakhstan
DestinationNursultan Nazarbayev International Airport, Kazakhstan
Occupants98
Passengers93
Crew5
Fatalities13
Injuries66
Survivors85

Bek Air Flight 2100 was a domestic passenger flight from Almaty to Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, operated by a Fokker 100 that crashed on 27 December 2019 while taking off from Almaty International Airport. Of the 98 people on board – 93 passengers and 5 crew, 13 died in the crash and 66 were injured. The Kazakhstani government started investigations on the same day.