Air disaster

Kolavia Flight 348

1 Jan 2011 · 61.34° N, 73.40° E

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When
1 Jan 2011
Kind
Air disaster
Coordinates
61.34° N, 73.40° E
Description
aviation accident
Deaths
3
Injured
43

Kolavia Flight 348

2011 aviation incident

On 1 January 2011, Kolavia Flight 348, a Tupolev Tu-154 on a domestic scheduled passenger flight from Surgut to Moscow, Russia, caught fire while taxiing out for take-off. Passengers were evacuated, but three were killed and 43 injured. A subsequent investigation concluded that the fire had started in an electric panel for which maintenance was never prescribed.

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