Accident | |
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Date | 18 September 1981 |
Summary | Mid-air collision resulting from ATC error |
Site | 11 km (6.9 miles) east of Zheleznogorsk-Ilimskiy Airport, Soviet Union |
Total fatalities | 40 |
Total survivors | 0 |
First aircraft | |
A Yakovlev Yak-40, similar to the aircraft involved in the accident. | |
Type | Yakovlev Yak-40 |
Operator | Aeroflot |
Registration | CCCP-87455 |
Flight origin | Irkutsk Airport (IKT/UIII), Soviet Union |
Destination | Zheleznogorsk-Ilimskiy Airport (UIBV), Soviet Union |
Passengers | 29 |
Crew | 4 |
Survivors | 0 |
Second aircraft | |
A Mil Mi-8, similar to the aircraft involved in the accident. | |
Type | Mil Mi-8T |
Operator | Aeroflot |
Registration | CCCP-22268 |
Flight origin | Bratsk Airport (UIBB), Soviet Union |
Destination | Zheleznogorsk-Ilimskiy Airport (UIBV), Soviet Union |
Crew | 7 |
Survivors | 0 |
The 1981 Zheleznogorsk mid-air collision was an accident involving a Yakovlev Yak-40 jet and a Mil Mi-8T helicopter, both operated by the Russian airline Aeroflot, 11 km (6.9 miles) east of Zheleznogorsk-Ilimskiy Airport, Soviet Union, on 18 September 1981. None of the combined 40 passengers and crew on either aircraft survived.[1]