Aviation disaster
1977 Tavda mid-air collisionAn Aeroflot An-2 similar to the aircraft involved in the collision |
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Date | 7 May 1977 (1977-05-07) |
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Summary | Mid-air collision |
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Site | Near Novoselovka (Tavda District), 18 km south of Tavda Airport, Tavda District, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR), Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) 57°54′40″N 65°15′20″E / 57.91111°N 65.25556°E / 57.91111; 65.25556 |
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Total fatalities | 29 (14+15) |
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Type | Antonov An-2 |
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Operator | Aeroflot (Tyumen UGA, 1st Tyumen OAO) |
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Registration | СССР-15925 |
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Flight origin | Plekhanovo Airport, Tyumen |
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Destination | Tavda Airport |
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Passengers | 13 |
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Crew | 2 |
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Fatalities | 15 |
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Survivors | 0 |
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Type | Antonov An-2TP |
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Operator | Aeroflot (Ural UGA, 2nd Sverdlovsk OAO) |
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Registration | СССР-44992 |
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Flight origin | Uktus Airport, Sverdlovsk |
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1st stopover | Turinskaya Sloboda, Turinsk |
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2nd stopover | Tabory |
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Last stopover | Tavda Airport |
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Destination | Plekhanovo Airport, Tyumen |
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Passengers | 12 |
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Crew | 2 |
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Fatalities | 14 |
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Survivors | 0 |
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The 1977 Tavda mid-air collision was an aviation accident that occurred on Saturday, May 7, 1977, when two An-2 aircraft operated by Aeroflot collided in mid-air near Tavda Airport, resulting in the deaths of 29 people.