| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | February 13, 2013 |
| Time: | 1809 |
| Location: | Donetsk, Ukraine |
| Operator: | South Airlines |
| Flight #: | 8971 |
| Route: | Odessa - Donetsk |
| AC Type: | Antonov AN-24RV |
| Registration: | UR-WRA |
| cn / ln: | 37308709 |
| Aboard: | 45 (passengers:41 crew:4) |
| Fatalities: | 5 (passengers:5 crew:0) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | While attempting to land on runway 8 in dense fog, the plane overran the runway , overturned and caught fire. The airplane operated as a charter flight carrying football fans on their way to a match of Shakhtar Donetsk against Borussia Dortmund. Pilot error. A loss of speed by the aircraft during the landing approach due to an error of the unprepared crew. The crew had no clearance to land given the weather conditions. |
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