1985 Zolochiv mid-air collision explained

1985 Zolochiv mid-air collision
Date:3 May 1985
Type:Mid-air collision
involving ATC errors
Occurrence Type:Accident
Site:Near Zolochiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Total Fatalities:94
Total Survivors:0
Plane1 Type:Tupolev Tu-134A
Plane1 Image:Aeroflot Tu-134A CCCP-65972 3.jpg
Plane1 Caption:A Tu-134 similar to the one that crashed
Plane1 Operator:Aeroflot
Plane1 Tailnum:CCCP-65856
Plane1 Origin:Tallinn Airport, Estonian SSR, Soviet Union
Plane1 Stopover:Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Plane1 Destination:Chişinău, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union
Plane1 Passengers:73
Plane1 Crew:6
Plane1 Fatalities:79
Plane1 Survivors:0
Plane2 Type:Antonov An-26
Plane2 Image:Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Air Enterprise Antonov An-26B-100.jpg
Plane2 Caption:An Antonov An-26 similar to the one that crashed.
Plane2 Operator:Soviet Air Force
Plane2 Tailnum:CCCP-26492 (101 red)
Plane2 Passengers:9
Plane2 Crew:6
Plane2 Fatalities:15
Plane2 Survivors:0

The 1985 Zolochiv mid-air collision occurred on 3 May 1985 between Aeroflot Flight 8381 (Tu-134) and Soviet Air Force Flight 101 (An-26).

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 Flight 101 which had just taken off from Lviv. The collision occurred at an altitude of (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]

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: ASN Aircraft accident Tupolev 134A CCCP-65856 Zolochiv . 2017-12-18 . aviation-safety.net.
  2. Web site: Столкновение Ту-134А Эстонского УГА с Ан-26 ВВС в районе г.Золочев. www.airdisaster.ru. 2017-12-18.
  3. Web site: Катастрофа Ту-134А СССР-65856 Аэрофлот МГА СССР 03.05.1985. www.ruwings.ru. 2017-12-18.