1985 Zolochiv mid-air collision

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1985 Zolochiv mid-air collision
Accident
Date3 May 1985
Summary Mid-air collision
involving ATC errors
SiteNear Zolochiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Total fatalities94
Total survivors0
First aircraft
Aeroflot Tu-134A CCCP-65972 3.jpg
A Tu-134 similar to the one that crashed
Type Tupolev Tu-134A
Operator Aeroflot
Registration CCCP-65856
Flight origin Tallinn Airport, Estonian SSR, Soviet Union
Stopover Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Destination Chişinău, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union
Passengers73
Crew6
Fatalities79
Survivors0
Second aircraft
Antonov An-26..., Russia - Air Force AN1607736.jpg
An Antonov An-26 similar to the one that crashed.
Type Antonov An-26
Operator Soviet Air Force
Registration101 red (call-sign CCCP-26492)
Passengers9
Crew6
Fatalities15
Survivors0

The 1985 Zolochiv mid-air collision occurred on 3 May 1985 between Aeroflot Flight 8381 (Tu-134) and a Soviet Air Force An-26.

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History

Aeroflot Flight 8381, a scheduled flight of a twin-engine Tupolev Tu-134 that departed Tallinn Airport in Estonian SSR, Soviet Union, at 10:38 am on 3 May 1985, for Chişinău in Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union making a stopover at Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union. While descending to Lviv in overcast weather, it collided at 12:13 with Soviet Air Force Antonov An-26 which had just taken off from Lviv. The collision occurred at an altitude of 13,000 feet (4,000 m) (flight level 130). Both aircraft lost their right wings and tails, went out of control and crashed about one or two minutes later near the village of Zolochiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union, killing all 94 people on both aircraft. [1] [2]

Civil and military air traffic controllers mislocated both aircraft involved, leading to violations of air traffic control rules. Among the victims of the disaster were graphics artist Alexander Aksinin, the young Estonian table-tennis player Alari Lindmäe (born 15 September 1967) and two generals of the Soviet Army. The captain of the Aeroflot aircraft, Nikolai Dmitrijev (born 18 October 1931), was a Hero of Socialist Labor and one of the Soviet Union's most decorated civil airline pilots. [3]

References

  1. "ASN Aircraft accident Tupolev 134A CCCP-65856 Zolochiv". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
  2. "ASN Aircraft accident Antonov An-26 101 Red Zolochiv". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  3. "Катастрофа Ту-134А СССР-65856 Аэрофлот МГА СССР 03.05.1985". www.ruwings.ru. Retrieved 18 December 2017.

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