Ukrainian-Mediterranean Airlines Flight 4230
The aircraft involved in the crash, seen here at Antalya Airport in 2001 | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 26 May 2003 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain due to poor visibility |
| Site | Maçka, Trabzon, Turkey |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Yakovlev Yak-42D |
| Operator | Ukrainian-Mediterranean Airlines |
| Registration | UR-42352 |
| Flight origin | Manas International Airport Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan |
| Stopover | Trabzon Airport, Trabzon, Turkey |
| Destination | Zaragoza Airport, Zaragoza, Spain |
| Occupants | 75 |
| Passengers | 62 |
| Crew | 13 |
| Fatalities | 75 |
| Survivors | 0 |
Ukrainian-Mediterranean Airlines Flight 4230 was a chartered international passenger flight, a Yakovlev Yak-42D operated by Ukrainian UM Airlines, which crashed in 2003.
Flying from Manas International Airport, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan to Zaragoza Airport, Spain, the Yak-42D tried to land at Trabzon Airport in Turkey to refuel on May 26, 2003, but, because of dense fog, it slammed into a mountain near Maçka, Trabzon. All 13 crew and 62 passengers were killed. It remains the third-worst crash in Turkish aviation history.