Makhachkala Uytash Airport (russian: Аэропорт Махачкала Уйташ) is a civil airport located near
Makhachkala and
Kaspiysk cities. It is named after
Amet-khan Sultan,
World War II fighter pilot, twice
Hero of the Soviet Union. The naming was found controversial by the
Crimean Tatars, with whom Amet-khan openly affiliated, as an attempt to
Detatarize his origins.
South East Airlines (formerly Dagestan Airlines) had its head office on the property of the airport.
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Airlines and destinations
Accidents and incidents
* On 15 January 2009, 4 people died when two Ilyushin Il-76
The Ilyushin Il-76 (russian: Илью́шин Ил-76; NATO reporting name: Candid) is a multi-purpose, fixed-wing, four-engine turbofan strategic airlifter designed by the Soviet Union's Ilyushin design bureau. It was first planned as a comm ...
aircraft collided and caught fire.
*On 4 December 2010, South East Airlines Flight 372, a Tupolev Tu-154M
The Tupolev Tu-154 (russian: Tyполев Ту-154; NATO reporting name: "Careless") is a three-engined, medium-range, narrow-body airliner designed in the mid-1960s and manufactured by Tupolev. A workhorse of Soviet and (subsequently) Russian ...
carrying 160 passengers and 8 crew en route to Makhachkala, crash landed at Domodedovo International Airport Domodedovo may refer to:
* Domodedovo International Airport, an airport in Russia
*Domodedovo (town), a town in Moscow Oblast, Russia
*Domodedovo District, an administrative raion of Moscow Oblast, Russia
*Domodedovo Airlines, a defunct Russian airl ...
, Moscow due to all engines failing. Two of the 160 passengers died.
See also
* List of the busiest airports in Russia
* List of the busiest airports in Europe
* List of the busiest airports in the former USSR
References
External links
Official website
Airports built in the Soviet Union
Airports in Dagestan
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