Siberian Light Aviation - (SiLA) (russian: Сибирская Легкая авиация, ''Sibirskaya Legkaya aviatsiya'', "Siberian Light Aviation") is a Russian airline operating turboprop aircraft for regional flights in
Siberia. It received its air operator certificate for commercial transportation in 2014.
In Russian, the word "sila" means "force".
Fleet
As of July 2021 the SiLA fleet included these aircraft:
Accidents
* On 16 July 2021,
Siberian Light Aviation Flight 42, an An-28 operating from
Kedrovy to
Tomsk
Tomsk ( rus, Томск, p=tomsk, sty, Түң-тора) is a city and the administrative center of Tomsk Oblast in Russia, located on the Tom River. Population:
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, Russia, suffered dual engine failure around half an hour into the flight. The aircraft attempted an emergency landing in the Siberian wilderness but overturned on landing. The aircraft was written off but all 14 passengers and four crew survived.
* On 12 September 2021,
Siberian Light Aviation Flight 51
Siberian Light Aviation Flight 51 was a passenger flight on September 12, 2021, by a Let L-410 Turbolet plane, from Irkutsk north to Kazatjinskoje, Irkutsk Oblast, Siberia, near Lake Baikal. The plane crashed about 4 kilometers (2.5 miles) from ...
, a Let L-410 operated by
Aeroservice on behalf of
SiLA, from
Irkutsk Airport to
Kazachinskoye Airport
Kazachinskoye Airport is a civilian airport in Russia
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, crashed in a forest about 4 km short of the runway near Kazachinskoye Airport. SiLA reported the aircraft was on its second approach in heavy fog when it crashed. Although the two crew and 14 passengers survived the crash, the co-pilot and three passengers later died from injuries sustained in the accident.
References
External links
Official website
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Airlines established in 2016
Airlines of Russia
Companies based in Moscow
Cargo airlines of Russia
Russian companies established in 2016