Bek Air Fokker 100 ‘Only Partially De-Iced’ Prior To Crash, Official Says

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Bek Air Fokker 100
Credit: Rob Finlayson
MOSCOW—Kazakh Deputy Prime Minister Roman Sklyar said ice buildup on a Fokker 100 operated by Bek Air has been identified as the main cause of the Dec. 27, 2019 crash at Almaty International Airport. The Fokker 100, en route from Almaty to Nur-Sultan with 98 people on board, crashed immediately...
Polina Montag-Girmes

Polina joined the Air Transport World team in 2011, covering Russian and the Commonwealth of Independent States. She studied journalism at Moscow State University and worked as a journalist for Russian business and airline publications since 2000.

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