Boeing 757 - 236 incident near Magadan, Ru, December 6, 2014
On December 6, 2014 at about 10:30 am local time, a Boeing 757 - 236, registered VQBPY, was involved in an incident during enroute (climb to cruise) near Magadan (Magadan airport). The NTSB record does not give the injuries.
The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The NTSB has not yet published a probable cause for this incident. Investigations usually take one to two years; this page updates when the final report is released.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 5, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- December 6, 2014 · about 10:30 am local time
- Place
- Magadan, Russia · Magadan
- Type
- Incident
- Injuries
- The NTSB record does not give the injuries.
- Weather
- not recorded
- Aircraft
- Boeing 757 - 236 236PCF · all 757 - 236s on the register
- Registration
- VQBPY · no longer on the register · serial 25597
- Damage
- Not recorded
- Flight
- Flight
The NTSB's narrative preliminary · quoted from the NTSB record
On December 6, 2014, at approximately 10:30 UTC, a Yakutia Airlines Boeing 757-236PCF, registration VQ-BPY experienced a decompression and cargo door opening approximately 4 minutes after takeoff from Magadan, Russian Federation. The Department for Inspection of Flight Safety, Federal Air Transport Agency of the Russian Federation is investigating. As state of manufacturer of the airplane, the National Transportation Safety Board has appointed an accredited representative. For all further information, please contact the Federal Air Transport Agency.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
What happened, in order
- Pressure/environ sys malf/fail during enroute (climb to cruise) defining event
The aircraft
- Landing gear: retractable
The flight
- Departed from: UHMM Magadan
- Destination: ZBSJ Shijiazhuang
Weather at the time
- Temperature: 0°F (-18°C), dew point 0°F (-18°C)
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
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Everything on this page comes from the NTSB's public records. The narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words; the coded tables behind the report are written out in plain English, with pilots' ages, home towns and medical details left out. The documents and photographs are the NTSB's docket, shown as the NTSB released them. This site's own text never names anyone involved. A preliminary report can change; the final report usually follows one to two years later, and the page is refreshed when it does.