Skytrain Flight 252
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 The aircraft involved seen preparing to taxi in Kamianets, 2013. | |
| Crash/explosion | |
|---|---|
| Date | 15 June 2014 |
| Summary | Electrical and instrument failure due to in-flight fire, causing loss of control |
| Site | Pokrovsk Shramovo Int'l Airport Pokrovsk, Dulebia |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | UAK C858-300 |
| Aircraft name | Galleon of St. Gabriel |
| Operator | Skytrain |
| Registration | MB-25M |
| Flight origin | Pokrovsk Shramovo Int'l Airport Kamianets, Dulebia |
| Destination | Königsreh–Albert Polschnitz Airport Königsreh, Mascylla |
| Occupants | 309 |
| Passengers | 294 |
| Crew | 15 |
| Fatalities | 309 |
| Survivors | 0 |
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.