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{{Infobox aircraft occurrence
|occurrence_type = Accident
|occurrence_type = Crash/explosion
|name = Skytrain Flight 540
|name = Skytrain Flight 540
|image = SkytrainFlight252.png
|image = SkytrainFlight252.png
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|type = Electrical and instrument failure due to in-flight fire, causing loss of control
|type = Electrical and instrument failure due to in-flight fire, causing loss of control
|site = [[Pokrovsk Shramovo International Airport|Pokrovsk Shramovo Int'l Airport]]<br/>[[Pokrovsk]], [[Dulebia]]
|site = [[Pokrovsk Shramovo International Airport|Pokrovsk Shramovo Int'l Airport]]<br/>[[Pokrovsk]], [[Dulebia]]
|occupants = 309
|passengers = 294
|passengers = 294
|crew = 15
|crew = 15
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|survivors = 0
|survivors = 0
|operator = [[Skytrain]]
|operator = [[Skytrain]]
|aircraft_type = {{wp|Airbus|UAK}} {{wp|Airbus A330|C757-300}}
|aircraft_type = {{wp|Airbus|UAK}} {{wp|Airbus A330|C858-300}}
|aircraft_name = ''Galleon of St. Gabriel''
|aircraft_name = ''Galleon of St. Gabriel''
|tail_number = MB-25M
|tail_number = MB-25M
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|destination = [[Königsreh–Albert Polschnitz Airport]]<br/>[[Königsreh]], [[Mascylla]]
|destination = [[Königsreh–Albert Polschnitz Airport]]<br/>[[Königsreh]], [[Mascylla]]
}}
}}
[[Skytrain]] Flight 252 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Pokrovsk Shramovo International Airport in [[Pokrovsk]], [[Dulebia]] to [[Königsreh–Albert Polschnitz Airport]] in [[Königsreh]], [[Mascylla]]. On 15 June 2014, the {{wp|Airbus A330|C858-300}} performing this flight, registration MB-25M, crashed in a forest 10 kilometres southwest of Pokrovsk Shramovo International Airport during an attempted left turn after a fire started on the aeroplane before take-off. All 309 passengers and crew on board the C858 were killed, making the crash the deadliest accident in the history of Skytrain.
==Aircraft and crew==
==Flight timeline==
==Post-crash response==
===Search and rescue operation===
===Response to victims' families and friends===
==Investigation and cause==
==Aftermath==
==See also==
*[[Skytrain]]

Revision as of 01:34, 16 September 2019

Skytrain Flight 540
SkytrainFlight252.png
The aircraft involved seen preparing to taxi in Kamianets, 2013.
Crash/explosion
Date15 June 2014 (2014-06-15)
SummaryElectrical and instrument failure due to in-flight fire, causing loss of control
SitePokrovsk Shramovo Int'l Airport
Pokrovsk, Dulebia
Aircraft
Aircraft typeUAK C858-300
Aircraft nameGalleon of St. Gabriel
OperatorSkytrain
RegistrationMB-25M
Flight originPokrovsk Shramovo Int'l Airport
Kamianets, Dulebia
DestinationKönigsreh–Albert Polschnitz Airport
Königsreh, Mascylla
Occupants309
Passengers294
Crew15
Fatalities309
Survivors0

Skytrain Flight 252 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Pokrovsk Shramovo International Airport in Pokrovsk, Dulebia to Königsreh–Albert Polschnitz Airport in Königsreh, Mascylla. On 15 June 2014, the C858-300 performing this flight, registration MB-25M, crashed in a forest 10 kilometres southwest of Pokrovsk Shramovo International Airport during an attempted left turn after a fire started on the aeroplane before take-off. All 309 passengers and crew on board the C858 were killed, making the crash the deadliest accident in the history of Skytrain.

Aircraft and crew

Flight timeline

Post-crash response

Search and rescue operation

Response to victims' families and friends

Investigation and cause

Aftermath

See also