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In a devastating incident on Monday, a Boeing 747 cargo aircraft crashed into a village near Kyrgyzstan's main airport, resulting in the tragic death of at least 37 individuals, as reported by the Emergency Situations Ministry.

The crash occurred in close proximity to the Manas airport, situated south of Bishkek, the nation's capital. It wreaked havoc in the nearby residential community, claiming the lives of both residents and those on board the aircraft.

Initial reports varied, with emergency officials in Kyrgyzstan stating that 37 people had lost their lives. Contrarily, the presidential press office reported 31 deaths and mentioned that rescue teams had discovered parts of nine bodies. The aftermath of the crash saw 15 individuals, including six children, receiving hospital treatment.

There was initial confusion regarding the ownership of the aircraft. Kyrgyz officials initially thought the Boeing 747-400 belonged to Turkish Airlines. However, Turkish cargo operator ACT Airlines clarified that the jet was operated by them.

ACT Airlines released an email statement confirming the crash: "Our aircraft registered TC-MCL, which was flying from Hong Kong to Bishkek on January 16, unfortunately crashed upon landing at Bishkek for reasons not yet known." The airline promised to provide more detailed information as soon as it became available, particularly concerning the four crew members on board.

[kellyhound]

It was a failed go around attempt i read so a possible crew error. all four crew members died. The others that were killed were villagers.

The cargo flight was crewed by four flight crew and was sub-chartered to ACT Airlines by Turkish Cargo. It originated in Hong Kong and was scheduled to land later today in Istanbul, Turkey.

The flight crew onboard Turkish Airlines Flight 6491 was reported by the airline in an official statement as Captain, Lead Pilot Ibrahim Gürcan Diranci; the flight’s Co-Pilot was Kazim Önüdl. Cargo loadmaster onboard was Melih Aslan. The final crewmember on board is reported as Flight Technician Ihsan Koca.

The aircraft had a payload of 85,618 kg (188,755 lbs or 94.3 tons) as reported by the airline. The aircraft’s manufacturer, Boeing, reports maximum payload capacities as between 112,990-124,330 kg (249,100-274,100 pounds or 124.5 -137.0 tons).

[spudigitti]

Fog !!

[Hunted]

MyCargo B744 at Bishkek on Jan 16th 2017, impacted terrain on go around

A MyCargo Airlines Boeing 747-400 freighter on behalf of Turkish Airlines, registration TC-MCL performing flight TK-6491 from Hong Kong (China) to Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan) with 4 crew, was on final approach to Bishkek's runway 26 at 07:18L (01:18z) when the aircraft went around from very low height but did not climb out to safety, impacted terrain about 1100 meters/3600 feet past the runway end and went through a couple of houses of a village. All 4 crew on board the 747 as well as 34 people on the ground perished, 8 people on the ground received injuries and were taken to hospitals.

Boeing reported flight TK-6491 operated by ACT Airlines suffered an accident near Manas Airport in Bishkek and extended condolencens to the families of those perished and best wishes for those injuries. A technical team is on stand by to assist the investigation.

Turkish Airlines offered their condolences to the families of those perished in the crash of the ACT Airlines aircraft in Kyrgyzstan.

Kyrgyzstan's Health Minister reported all 4 pilots and 28 people on the ground have died, 8 people received injuries and were taken to hospitals.

Kyrgyzstan's Prime Minister stated the Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC, also known as MAK) is going to investigate the crash. The aircraft was about to land for a fuel stop on its flight from Hong Kong to Istanbul and was cleared to land by air traffic control. 11 other aircraft had landed without incident prior to the accident in the morning hours of Jan 16th.

Emergency Services reported the aircraft destroyed 30 of 43 houses when it impacted the village of the Aviator Society, debris spreads over an area of 1000 meters.

Kyrgyzstan's Ministry of Transport reported the aircraft was on approach from the east to west when the aircraft went around but impacted the airport fence and subsequently fell onto the housing estate.

On Jan 17th 2017 MyCargo Airlines reported according to their first information 33 people on the ground and the 4 crew on board of the aircraft were killed in the accident. The captain of the flight had a total of 10,821 flight hours, thereof 833 hours in command on type, the first officer had a total of 5,910 flights hours and 1,771 hours on type. The aircraft, built in 2003, joined MyCargo in 2015, had no open faults in the tech log prior to departure from Hong Kong, and was carrying 85,618kg of general cargo (maximum capacity 116,462kg). The crew was complemented by a loadmaster and an engineer. The crew had rested 69 hours in Hong Kong. The airline is cooperating with Kyrgyz Authorities, Turkey's Ministry of Transport as well as the Accident Investigation Commission. First findings suggest, that the crash was not related to technical or loading related factors.

Kyrgyzstan's Government announced on Jan 17th 2017, that 34 people on the ground and 4 crew have been killed in the accident. First fragments of a black box were located on Jan 16th 2017, on Jan 17th 2017 the cockpit voice recorder was recovered. The search for the flight data recorder is still on going.

The MAK announced they are going to investigate the crash stating there were 32 fatalities (including the crew and victims on the ground) when the aircraft crashed into the residential area. Accident Investigators from the NTSB/USA (representing the designer and manufacturer of aircraft and engines) as well as from Turkey (representing the operator's state and registry state of the aircraft) are going to join the investigation.