Qualla: Katekavia Flight 9357 https://qualla.com/katekavia-flight-9357 en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:36 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/v/g/v/x/katekavia-flight-9357-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Katekavia Flight 9357 https://qualla.com/katekavia-flight-9357 Katekavia Flight 9357: Introduction https://qualla.com/katekavia-flight-9357/ Photo credit Turkmenistan.airlines.frontview.arp.jpg: elfuser derivative work: Elfuser (talk), Public domain. The fog was too thick to land in. The crew of Katekavia Flight 9357 knew this, or should have. At 01:40 local time on August 3, 2010, their Antonov An-24 struck trees 700 meters short of the runway at Igarka Airport in northern Siberia, killing twelve of the fifteen people on board. The crash was not a freak accident or a mechanical failure. It was a decision -- a decision to attempt an approach in conditions below the minimum visibility required for the airfield, the aircraft type, and the crew's own certification. It was also, investigators would later determine, a decision that should never have been possible had earlier safety recommendations been followed.

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]]> Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/v/g/v/x/katekavia-flight-9357-wp/vgvx-katekavia-flight-9357-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Katekavia Flight 9357: A Town at the Edge of the Arctic https://qualla.com/katekavia-flight-9357/ Photo credit Turkmenistan.airlines.frontview.arp.jpg: elfuser derivative work: Elfuser (talk), Public domain. Igarka sits on the Yenisei River at 67 degrees north latitude, a small city built during the Soviet era as a timber-processing center and Arctic port. Its airport serves as a lifeline for communities scattered across the vast spaces of Krasnoyarsk Krai, where roads are scarce and...

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]]> Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/v/g/v/x/katekavia-flight-9357-wp/vgvx-katekavia-flight-9357-a-town-at-the-edge-of-the-arctic.mp3 0:06 2 full Katekavia Flight 9357: Seven Hundred Meters Short https://qualla.com/katekavia-flight-9357/ Photo credit Turkmenistan.airlines.frontview.arp.jpg: elfuser derivative work: Elfuser (talk), Public domain. Rain was falling at Igarka that night, with thunderstorms in the area and fog reducing visibility well below safe limits. The crew began their final approach despite these conditions. As the aircraft descended, it drifted to the right of the landing course. Without visual contact...

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]]> Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/v/g/v/x/katekavia-flight-9357-wp/vgvx-katekavia-flight-9357-seven-hundred-meters-short.mp3 0:06 3 full Katekavia Flight 9357: A Warning Ignored https://qualla.com/katekavia-flight-9357/ Photo credit Turkmenistan.airlines.frontview.arp.jpg: elfuser derivative work: Elfuser (talk), Public domain. The investigation by Moscow's Interstate Aviation Committee (MAK) was completed by October 2010. Its conclusions were damning but unsurprising to anyone familiar with Russian regional aviation's safety record. The crew had attempted a landing approach in visibility conditions wor...

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]]> Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/v/g/v/x/katekavia-flight-9357-wp/vgvx-katekavia-flight-9357-a-warning-ignored.mp3 0:06 4 full Katekavia Flight 9357: The Pattern in the Wreckage https://qualla.com/katekavia-flight-9357/ Photo credit Turkmenistan.airlines.frontview.arp.jpg: elfuser derivative work: Elfuser (talk), Public domain. Katekavia Flight 9357 belongs to a pattern that has plagued Russian regional aviation for decades. Remote airfields with minimal instrument landing systems. Aging Soviet-era aircraft operating in some of the harshest weather on Earth. Economic pressure on small carriers to comple...

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]]> Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/v/g/v/x/katekavia-flight-9357-wp/vgvx-katekavia-flight-9357-the-pattern-in-the-wreckage.mp3 0:06 5 full