Baikal Airlines
Encyclopedia
OJSC "Baikal Airlines Flight 130" was an airline based in Irkutsk
, Russia
.
, following its mid-1992 reorganisation process.
that took off from Irkutsk
crashed after the crew ignored cockpit indicator warnings. 154 people died.
When starting engine #2, crew noticed warning light, signaling about dangerous rotation of the starter. The crew decided to take off, believing that warning was false. At initial climb, starter failure caused a fire in the engine #2. Fire in the tail section of the aircraft damaged all three hydraulic lines. With all control surfaces disabled, aircraft became uncontrollable, and crashed near Mamony town. 125 people on board and 1 man on the ground were killed.
Irkutsk
Irkutsk is a city and the administrative center of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, one of the largest cities in Siberia. Population: .-History:In 1652, Ivan Pokhabov built a zimovye near the site of Irkutsk for gold trading and for the collection of fur taxes from the Buryats. In 1661, Yakov Pokhabov...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
.
History
The airline was initially created as a sister company of Baikalavia, which was in turn a subsidiary of AeroflotAeroflot
OJSC AeroflotRussian Airlines , commonly known as Aeroflot , is the flag carrier and largest airline of the Russian Federation, based on passengers carried per year...
, following its mid-1992 reorganisation process.
Accidents and incidents
On 3 January 1994 a Baikal Airlines Tupolev Tu-154Tupolev Tu-154
The Tupolev Tu-154 is a three-engine medium-range narrow-body airliner designed in the mid 1960s and manufactured by Tupolev. As the mainstay 'workhorse' of Soviet and Russian airlines for several decades, it serviced over a sixth of the world's landmass and carried half of all passengers flown...
that took off from Irkutsk
Irkutsk
Irkutsk is a city and the administrative center of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, one of the largest cities in Siberia. Population: .-History:In 1652, Ivan Pokhabov built a zimovye near the site of Irkutsk for gold trading and for the collection of fur taxes from the Buryats. In 1661, Yakov Pokhabov...
crashed after the crew ignored cockpit indicator warnings. 154 people died.
When starting engine #2, crew noticed warning light, signaling about dangerous rotation of the starter. The crew decided to take off, believing that warning was false. At initial climb, starter failure caused a fire in the engine #2. Fire in the tail section of the aircraft damaged all three hydraulic lines. With all control surfaces disabled, aircraft became uncontrollable, and crashed near Mamony town. 125 people on board and 1 man on the ground were killed.