Incidents and Accidents
Aside from foggy weather, the airport is notorious for its sloping runway and having many hills in its vicinity. The airport and its surrounding area have played scene to several crashes. In emergencies, like the one in Summer 2006, when the only runway was closed after the S7 crash (see below), incoming planes can also be diverted to the runway of the nearby Irkut aviation plant, where Sukhoi fighters and the Beriev Be-200 are produced.
- S7 Airlines Flight 778, occurring at roughly 08:00 hours on Saturday 8 July 2006, killed in excess of 100 people.
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