Bek Air Flight 2100 was a domestic passenger flight from Almaty to Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, using a Fokker 100 aircraft that crashed on 27 December 2019 while taking off from Almaty International Airport.[1][2] Initial reports said that fourteen people had died and 66 others were critically injured, with one of the initial victims dying later in hospital, bringing the total number of deaths to fifteen. However, the death toll was later revised down to 12, without explanation.[3] The local government has initiated an investigation and more reports are pending.[4] The exact number of people on board the plane before the incident was not immediately determined.[5]
Bek Air Flight 2100
The plane that crashed was seen in 2016 when it was still flying for Kam Air with the registration code UP-F1007.
Accident summary
Date
December 27, 2019
Summary
Crashed into terrain on takeoff, under investigation
Location
Near Almaty International Airport, Almaty, Kazakhstan
43°21′55″N 77°04′17″E
Passenger
93
Crew
5
Injury
54 (critical)
Killed
12+
Happy
86
Aircraft type
Fokker 100
Operators
Water Defender
Registration
UP-F1007
Origin
Almaty International Airport, Kazakhstan
Objective
Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport, Kazakhstan
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