UTair Flight 120

UTAir Flight 120
	UTair ATR 72-201 (VP-BYZ) shown departing Vnukovo Airport in 2009
Accident
Date	2 April 2012
Summary	Under investigation
Site	Tyumen, Russia ; 57°09′16″N 65°14′53″E / 57.15444°N 65.24806°E
Aircraft
Aircraft type	ATR72-200
Operator	UTair Aviation
Registration	VP-BYZ
Flight origin	Roschino International Airport, Tyumen, Russia
Destination	Surgut Airport, Surgut
Passengers	39
Crew	4
Fatalities	31
Injuries	12
Survivors	14

UTair Flight 120 was a domestic scheduled passenger flight from Tyumen to Surgut, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia. On 2 April 2012, the ATR72-200 operating the flight crashed shortly after take-off from Roschino International Airport, killing 31 of the 43 people on board.

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NO ACCIDENT

Investigation

The cause of the accident was not immediately known, but investigators quickly ruled out the possibility of a terrorist attack. Officials said investigators were focusing on the possibility of a technical malfunction as an eyewitness reported seeing smoke coming from the plane's engines as it came down. The aircraft's flight data recorder was recovered in good condition.^[1]

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