EX-009, the Boeing 737 involved, photographed four days before the accident
Accident
Date
24 August 2008 (2008-08-24)
Summary
Controlled flight into terrain during approach due to pilot error[1]
Site
Manas International Airport, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan 43°4′42.2″N74°21′47.5″E / 43.078389°N 74.363194°E / 43.078389; 74.363194
Aircraft
Aircraft type
Boeing 737-219 Advanced
Operator
Itek Air on behalf of Iran Aseman Airlines[2]
IATA flight No.
EP6895
ICAO flight No.
IRC6895
Registration
EX-009
Flight origin
Manas International Airport, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Destination
Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport, Tehran, Iran
Occupants
90
Passengers
85
Crew
5
Fatalities
65
Injuries
18
Survivors
25
Iran Aseman Airlines Flight 6895, was a Boeing 737-200, registered as EX-009, operating a charter flight operated by Itek Air on behalf of Iran Aseman Airlines which crashed on 24 August 2008 (at 20:44 local time) near Manas International Airport in Kyrgyzstan while en route to Imam Khomeini International Airport,[3][4][5] Tehran, Iran. It crashed while returning to the airport of origin after experiencing technical difficulties.[2]
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^تعداد مسافران ايراني هواپيماي سانحه ديده قرقيزي 52 نفر اعلام شد (in Persian). IRNA. 25 August 2008. Archived from the original on 28 August 2008. Retrieved 26 August 2008.
^شهروندان ایران در سانحه هوایی قرقیزستان (in Persian). BBC Persian. 25 August 2008. Retrieved 27 August 2008.
^اخبار سوانح هوانوردی (in Persian). asemansafety.ir. Archived from the original on 29 August 2008. Retrieved 27 August 2008.
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