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2021 Be-200 crash

14 Aug 2021 · Engizek Mountain, near Kahramanmaraş, Turkey

Russian Navy Beriev Be-200 · Collision with a mountain; under investigation

From Adana Şakirpaşa Airport, Adana, Turkey to Adana Şakirpaşa Airport, Adana, Turkey

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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
8 · all aircraft and ground
Ground fatalities
Unknown
Occupants
Unknown
Survivors
0
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
0
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
Military

Beriev Be-200

Aircraft type
Beriev BE-200
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
RF-88450
Operator
Russian Navy
Onboard fatalities
8
Route
From Adana Şakirpaşa Airport, Adana, TurkeyTo Adana Şakirpaşa Airport, Adana, Turkey

Approximate · Estimated position: Kahramanmaraş, near the place the Wikipedia article names. Not the accident site.

From the Wikipedia article

The 2021 Be-200 crash was an air disaster that occurred on Saturday 14 August 2021 when a Beriev Be-200 type amphibious aircraft from the Russian manufacturer Beriev crashed into a mountain near the Turkish city of Kahramanmaraş, killing all 8 crew members on board. The aircraft was engaged in extinguishing the forest fires ravaging that country.

The aircraft arrived in Turkey on 8 July together with two others, which were leased by the General Directorate of Forestry from the Russian navy to fight the current forest fires in Turkey.

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Investigation and cause

Investigation

The Russian defence ministry stated that the aircraft crashed on the landing approach. The Russian Ministry reported that it sent a commission to the crash site to investigate the cause of the accident. Several videos of the aircraft's collision are circulating on the internet. In fact, one video recorded the moment when the aircraft crashes into the mountain.

Translated into English with AI assistance from the Spanish Wikipedia article “Accidente del Be-200 de 2021” (revision 169304355, retrieved 2026-09-19) by its authors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Extracted as plain text: references, tables, images and some sections are left out; the translation may contain errors, and long articles were cut to their first 700 words. Read the article

Sources

Spanish Wikipedia article: Accidente del Be-200 de 2021
Article
Accidente del Be-200 de 2021
Translation
Into English with AI assistance; names of linked operators and aircraft types from Wikidata. It may contain errors.
Revision
169304355 · 2025-09-02 · retrieved 2026-09-19
Wikidata
Q108100549
Licence
Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
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Record
es Wikipedia article "Accidente del Be-200 de 2021" (page 9996347, revision 169304355), translated into English with AI assistance
Date
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Place and country
Wikipedia infobox: site
Map position
place the Wikipedia infobox site links (Wikidata coordinates)
Aircraft, operator and route
Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
Operation
operator named as an armed force or military unit in the infobox
Fatalities
Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities
Ground fatalities
not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
Summary
Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (1)
  • Wikipedia · Facts from the Spanish Wikipedia article's infobox, translated into English with AI assistance, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.