Author Topic: Tatarstan Airlines 737 Crashes in Kazan, Russia  (Read 743 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline Atomic Cow

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 18,221
  • Gender: Male
  • High Yield Minion
Tatarstan Airlines 737 Crashes in Kazan, Russia
« on: November 17, 2013, 06:46:30 pm »
MOSCOW –  A Russian passenger airliner crashed Sunday night while trying to land at the airport in the city of Kazan, killing all 50 people aboard, officials said.

The Boeing 737 belonging to Tatarstan Airlines crashed about 7:20 p.m. local time (10:20 a.m. EST), an hour after taking off from Moscow. There were no immediate indications of the cause.

Reports said the plane appeared to lose altitude as it was making a second landing attempt, crashing and catching fire. State television showed a nighttime photograph of firefighters at the side of the aircraft after the flames had been extinguished.

Kazan, a city of about 1.1 million and the capital of the Tatarstan republic, is about 450 miles east of Moscow. Weather in Kazan was reported to be light precipitation and winds of about 18 mph.

A spokeswoman for the Emergencies Ministry, Irina Rossius, said there were 44 passengers and six crew members aboard and all had been killed.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/11/17/louisiana-voters-pick-between-two-republicans-to-fill-open-congressional-seat/
"...And these atomic bombs which science burst upon the world that night were strange, even to the men who used them."  H. G. Wells, The World Set Free, 1914

"The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority, or rather of that party, not always the majority, that succeeds, by force or fraud, in carrying elections." -Lord Acton

Offline Atomic Cow

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 18,221
  • Gender: Male
  • High Yield Minion
Re: Tatarstan Airlines 737 Crashes in Kazan, Russia
« Reply #1 on: November 17, 2013, 06:50:19 pm »
Aircraft was a Boeing 737-53A, registry VQ-BBN.

http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=7701504
"...And these atomic bombs which science burst upon the world that night were strange, even to the men who used them."  H. G. Wells, The World Set Free, 1914

"The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority, or rather of that party, not always the majority, that succeeds, by force or fraud, in carrying elections." -Lord Acton

Offline EC

  • Shanghaied Editor
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 23,804
  • Gender: Male
  • Cats rule. Dogs drool.
Re: Tatarstan Airlines 737 Crashes in Kazan, Russia
« Reply #2 on: November 17, 2013, 06:50:34 pm »
Second landing attempt.

I'll put money on it being iced up control surfaces.
The universe doesn't hate you. Unless your name is Tsutomu Yamaguchi

Avatar courtesy of Oceander

I've got a website now: Smoke and Ink

Offline NavyCanDo

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 6,496
  • Gender: Male
Re: Tatarstan Airlines 737 Crashes in Kazan, Russia
« Reply #3 on: November 18, 2013, 01:07:26 am »
Aircraft was a Boeing 737-53A, registry VQ-BBN.

http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=7701504

Boeing does not build a 737-53A. I would assume they are an aftermarket variant, probably re-engine for short field at which time it gets the re-designation from the original  -600, or -700.   
A nation that turns away from prayer will ultimately find itself in desperate need of it. :Jonathan Cahn

Offline Atomic Cow

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 18,221
  • Gender: Male
  • High Yield Minion
Re: Tatarstan Airlines 737 Crashes in Kazan, Russia
« Reply #4 on: November 18, 2013, 01:28:47 am »
Boeing does not build a 737-53A. I would assume they are an aftermarket variant, probably re-engine for short field at which time it gets the re-designation from the original  -600, or -700.

It is a Boeing 737-500.  The model is out of production, but Boeing built 353 of them.  The 3A is Boeing's customer code for the original owner, in this case it was the now defunct Ansett Worldwide.

As an example, if Boeing built a 777-300ER for American Airlines, it would be a 777-323ER as long as it existed because American was who ordered it and American's customer code is 23.
"...And these atomic bombs which science burst upon the world that night were strange, even to the men who used them."  H. G. Wells, The World Set Free, 1914

"The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority, or rather of that party, not always the majority, that succeeds, by force or fraud, in carrying elections." -Lord Acton