Ural A320 at Barnaul on Feb 12th 2019, platform of stairs collapses during boarding
Last Update: February 27, 2019 / 19:40:59 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Feb 12, 2019
Classification
Accident
Airline
Ural Airlines
Flight number
U6-652
Departure
Barnaul, Russia
Destination
Moscow Domodedovo, Russia
Aircraft Registration
VQ-BFV
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
West Siberia's Transport Prosecutor's Office reported 6 people received non-life threatening injuries, 4 of them were taken to a hospital. A criminal case was opened into the accident.
West Siberia's Investigation Department of Transport reported a criminal case was opened due to provision of services not meeting the safety requirements for life and health of consumers, when the stairs collapsed causing injuries of varying degrees to 4 passengers taken to a hospital. The remaining passengers departed with a delay of about 2 hours.
The occurrence aircraft departed Barnaul and reached Moscow with a delay of 2 hours.
On Feb 27th 2019 Rosaviatsia released preliminary information stating that the mounting nodes of the upper platform were destroyed as result of corrosion, which damaged the housings of the fasteners. A total of six passengers received injuries in the collapse of the stairs. A total of four similiar occurrences prompted Rosaviatsia to open an investigation. Following immediate safety recommendations were released: Inspect all stairs of same types for corrosions, cracks or other damage in the mounting points of the upper platforms, if necessary lubricate the nodes, do not permit more than 4 passengers standing on the upper platform and avoid exceeding 500kg of weight on the upper platform.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Feb 12, 2019
Classification
Accident
Airline
Ural Airlines
Flight number
U6-652
Departure
Barnaul, Russia
Destination
Moscow Domodedovo, Russia
Aircraft Registration
VQ-BFV
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
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