Avient Aviation Flight 324
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On 28 November 2009, an Avient Aviation
McDonnell Douglas MD-11F
, registration Z-BAV (c/n 48408), performing flight 324 from Shanghai Pudong International Airport
to Bishkek
-Manas International Airport
, Kyrgyzstan
crashed on the take off roll with the loss of 3 lives. As the aircraft rotated for departure, the tail struck the ground before overshooting the runway and crashing. The plane was written-off. Avient took delivery of Z-BAV on 20 November 2009, 8 days before the crash..
Crew members were from the United States (4), Indonesia (1), Belgium (1) and Zimbabwe (1).
The aircraft was acquired from San Francisco-based Pegasus Aviation
, an aircraft lessor. Delivered in 1990, this MD-11 was the first owned by Pegasus to be leased to Korean Airlines as a passenger airliner and then converted to a freighter in 1995. The plane was returned to Pegasus in 2004. From 2005 to 2009 it was leased to Varig Logística
of Brazil
.
Avient Aviation
Avient Aviation is an international cargo airline with its head office in Harare, Zimbabwe. The company was established in 1993 and offers scheduled and chartered flights to Africa and now operates scheduled services out of its hubs at Liège Airport in Belgium and at Sharjah International Airport...
McDonnell Douglas MD-11F
McDonnell Douglas MD-11
The McDonnell Douglas MD-11 is a three-engine medium- to long-range widebody jet airliner, manufactured by McDonnell Douglas and, later, by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Based on the DC-10, it features a stretched fuselage, increased wingspan with winglets, refined airfoils on the wing and smaller...
, registration Z-BAV (c/n 48408), performing flight 324 from Shanghai Pudong International Airport
Shanghai Pudong International Airport
Shanghai Pudong International Airport is the primary international airport serving Shanghai, China, and a major aviation hub in Asia. The other major airport in Shanghai, Hongqiao, mainly serves domestic flights...
to Bishkek
Bishkek
Bishkek , formerly Pishpek and Frunze, is the capital and the largest city of Kyrgyzstan.Bishkek is also the administrative centre of Chuy Province which surrounds the city, even though the city itself is not part of the province but rather a province-level unit of Kyrgyzstan.The name is thought to...
-Manas International Airport
Manas International Airport
Manas International Airport is the main international airport in Kyrgyzstan located 25 km north-northwest of the capital Bishkek.The airport is operational 24 hours and its ILS system is ICAO CAT 2...
, Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan , officially the Kyrgyz Republic is one of the world's six independent Turkic states . Located in Central Asia, landlocked and mountainous, Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the southwest and China to the east...
crashed on the take off roll with the loss of 3 lives. As the aircraft rotated for departure, the tail struck the ground before overshooting the runway and crashing. The plane was written-off. Avient took delivery of Z-BAV on 20 November 2009, 8 days before the crash..
Crew members were from the United States (4), Indonesia (1), Belgium (1) and Zimbabwe (1).
The aircraft was acquired from San Francisco-based Pegasus Aviation
Pegasus Aviation Finance Company
Pegasus Aviation, Inc. or the Pegasus Aviation Finance Company was a US based aircraft lessor formed in 1988. It is one of the world's largest commercial aircraft lessors, with a fleet of over 200 aircraft...
, an aircraft lessor. Delivered in 1990, this MD-11 was the first owned by Pegasus to be leased to Korean Airlines as a passenger airliner and then converted to a freighter in 1995. The plane was returned to Pegasus in 2004. From 2005 to 2009 it was leased to Varig Logística
Varig Logística
Varig Logística S.A., operating as VarigLog, is a cargo airline, based in Jardim Aeroporto, Campo Belo, São Paulo, Brazil.-History:The airline started operations in September 2000 as a wholly owned subsidiary of Varig and employed 1,345 staff....
of Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
.