UR-WRA, the aircraft involved, photographed a month before the accident
Accident
Date
13 February 2013 (2013-02-13)
Summary
Crashed next to the runway while landing in fog
Site
Donetsk International Airport, Donetsk, Ukraine
Aircraft
Aircraft type
Antonov An-24
Operator
South Airlines
IATA flight No.
YG8971
ICAO flight No.
OTL8971
Call sign
SOUTHLINE 8971
Registration
UR-WRA
Flight origin
Odesa, Ukraine
Destination
Donetsk International Airport, Donetsk, Ukraine
Occupants
52
Passengers
44
Crew
8
Fatalities
5
Injuries
9
Survivors
47
On 13 February 2013, a Ukrainian Antonov An-24 passenger aircraft operating South Airlines flight 8971 crashed on landing at Donetsk International Airport, Ukraine, killing 5 of the 52 people on board.[1]
^"Deaths reported in Ukraine plane crash". CNN. 14 February 2013. Archived from the original on 9 November 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
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