Sochi International Airport, Sochi, Russia 43°27′07″N39°57′39″E / 43.451935°N 39.960957°E / 43.451935; 39.960957
Total fatalities
1
Aircraft
Aircraft type
Boeing 737-8AS
Operator
UTair
IATA flight No.
UT579
ICAO flight No.
UTA579
Call sign
UTAIR 579
Registration
VQ-BJI
Flight origin
Vnukovo International Airport, Moscow, Russia
Destination
Sochi International Airport, Sochi, Russia
Occupants
172
Passengers
166
Crew
6
Fatalities
0
Injuries
18
Survivors
172
Ground casualties
Ground fatalities
1 (indirect)
1000km 620miles
Vnukovo International Airport
Sochi International Airport,
On September 1, 2018, UTair Flight 579, a Boeing 737-800 on a scheduled domestic flight from Moscow to Sochi, Russia, with 164 passengers and 6 crew, overran the runway and caught fire while landing at Sochi, injuring 18 occupants. One airport employee died of a heart attack.[1][2]
^"Jet crashes on landing in Russian city". BBC News. September 1, 2018. Retrieved September 1, 2018.
^Hradecky, Simon. "Accident: UTAir B738 at Sochi on Sep 1st 2018, overran runway on landing". avherald.com. The Aviation Herald. Retrieved September 1, 2018.
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