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Crash of a Czech aircraft in Zhuliany

Crash of a Czech aircraft in Zhuliany

2007, 2 min

9 December 2007, Kyiv.

The video shows the aftermath of a crash involving a Czech private plane near Zhuliany Airport. Night-time, crash site, plane wreckage, destroyed building, rescue services at work, ambulances, charred body.

Reference: On 9 December 2007, a Beechcraft B9L/C90 King Air private plane crashed near Zhuliany Airport in Kyiv while performing a charter flight from the Czech city of Hradec Králové to Kyiv. All five people on board were killed in the crash — two crew members and three passengers, all of whom were Czech citizens. The causes of the accident are believed to be poor weather conditions and a descent below the safe level during the approach to the runway.