| Accident summary | |
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| Date | 28 November 2009 |
| Type | Under Investigation |
| Site | Shanghai Pudong International Airport |
| Passengers | 0 |
| Crew | 7 |
| Injuries | 4 |
| Fatalities | 3 |
| Survivors | 4 |
| Aircraft type | McDonnell Douglas MD-11 |
| Operator | Avient Aviation |
| Tail number | Z-BAV |
| Flight origin | Shanghai Pudong International Airport |
| Destination | Bishkek-Manas International Airport |
On 28 November 2009, an Avient Aviation McDonnell Douglas MD-11F, registration Z-BAV (c/n 48408), performing flight 324 from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Bishkek-Manas International Airport, Kyrgyzstan crashed on the take off roll with the loss of 3 lives. As the aircraft rotated for departure, the tail struck the ground before overshooting the runway and crashing. The plane was written-off.[1] Avient took delivery of Z-BAV on 20 November 2009, 8 days before the crash.[2].
Crew members were from the United States (4), Indonesia (1), Belgium (1) and Zimbabwe (1).[3]
The aircraft was acquired from San Francisco-based Pegasus Aviation, an aircraft lessor. Delivered in 1990, this MD-11 was the first owned by Pegasus to be leased to Korean Airlines as a passenger airliner and then converted to a freighter in 1995. The plane was returned to Pegasus in 2004. From 2005 to 2009 it was leased to Varig Logística of Brazil.
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