At 11:18:15 at a distance of 20 kilometres (12 mi; 11 nmi) from the airport, the manager passed the crew go to the dispatcher for landing.

At a distance of 15 kilometres (9.3 mi; 8.1 nmi) from the airport at an altitude of 400 metres (1,300 ft), the crew was instructed to take a course of 95° (due to the deviation to the left 300 metres (980 ft)) and were warned about the absence of radar monitoring in the area of 6 kilometres (3.7 mi; 3.2 nmi) of the runway.

[3] Cited among the multiple causes of the crash was the decision to land at Berdyansk Airport despite the weather conditions and poor visibility.

The committee also cited poor human resource management at the control tower and weather station.

The lack of accurate weather data given to the crew was cited as a contributing factor.