MIAT Flight 557
MIAT Mongolian Airlines Antonov An-24RV · Controlled flight into terrain due to pilot error
From Buyant-Ukhaa International Airport (ULN) to Mörön Airport (MXV)
Event
- Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
- Accident
- Event fatalities
- 42 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- Unknown
- Occupants
- Unknown
- Survivors
- 1
- InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
- 1
- OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
- Airline
Antonov An-24RV
- Aircraft type
- Antonov AN-24
- Category
- Airplane · from aircraft type
- RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
- BNMAU-10103
- Operator
- MIAT Mongolian Airlines
- Onboard fatalities
- 42
- Route
- From Buyant-Ukhaa International Airport (ULN)To Mörön Airport (MXV)
Not plotted · Not plotted: the Wikipedia article gives no coordinates, and its site names no town or airport that matches exactly.
From the Wikipedia article
MIAT Mongolian Airlines Flight 557 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight in Mongolia from Ulaanbaatar to Mörön. On 21 September 1995, the Antonov An-24 crashed on approach to Mörön, killing 41 out of the 42 people on board. This incident stands as the deadliest aviation accident in Mongolian history.
Accident
The flight was carrying 37 passengers and six crew members from Ulaanbaatar to Mörön. During the journey, the crew made the decision to switch to visual flight, considering the visibility to be adequate. However, while descending on the approach, the pilots initiated the descent prematurely. Consequently, at approximately 12:30, the aircraft collided with the Choho Geologloh Uul mountain, killing all six crew members and 36 of the 37 passengers. The sole survivor was a man named Ulziibayar Sanjaa.
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Sources
Wikipedia article: MIAT Flight 557
- Article
- MIAT Flight 557
- Revision
- 1359330555 · 2026-06-14 · retrieved 2026-09-18
- Wikidata
- Q19910205
- Licence
- Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Where each value comes from
- Record
- Wikipedia article "MIAT Flight 557" (page 71704002, revision 1359330555)
- Date
- Wikipedia infobox: date
- Place and country
- Wikipedia infobox: site
- Map position
- none
- Aircraft, operator and route
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
- Operation
- flight number in the article title
- Fatalities
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities
- Ground fatalities
- not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
- Summary
- Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (2)
- Wikipedia · Facts from the Wikipedia article's infobox and coordinates, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.
- The article contradicts itself on the fatalities: its text says 41 of the 42 on board were killed; its infobox (used here) gives 43 aboard (37 passengers, 6 crew), 42 fatalities and 1 survivor.