Accident | |
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Date | 18 July 1981 |
Summary | Mid-air collision |
Site | Near Yerevan, Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic 40°06′N 44°00′E / 40.1°N 44.0°E |
Total fatalities | 4 |
Total survivors | 1 |
First aircraft | |
LV-JTN, the Canadair CL-44 involved in the accident at Basle Airport in October 1976. | |
Type | Canadair CL-44 |
Operator | Transporte Aéreo Rioplatense |
Registration | LV-JTN |
Flight origin | Tehran, Iran |
Destination | Larnaca, Cyprus |
Passengers | 1 |
Crew | 3 |
Survivors | 0 |
Second aircraft | |
An unidentified Su-15 | |
Type | Sukhoi Su-15 |
Operator | Soviet Air Defense Forces |
Crew | 1 |
Survivors | 1 |
The 1981 Armenia mid-air collision occurred on 18 July 1981 when a Soviet Air Defense Forces Sukhoi Su-15 crashed into the tail of a Transporte Aéreo Rioplatense Canadair CL-44 commercial transport which had strayed into Soviet airspace over the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic. The three crew and one passenger on the Argentine aircraft died; the Soviet pilot was able to eject to safety.