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Accident | |
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Date | 10 July 1985 |
Summary | Crashed after high-altitude stall |
Site | Uchkuduk, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union 42°9′24″N 63°33′20″E / 42.15667°N 63.55556°E |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Tupolev Tu-154B-2 |
Operator | Aeroflot |
Registration | CCCP-85311 |
Flight origin | Karshi Airport, USSR |
Stopover | Ufa Airport, USSR |
Destination | Pulkovo Airport, USSR |
Occupants | 200 |
Passengers | 191 |
Crew | 9 |
Fatalities | 200 |
Survivors | 0 |
Aeroflot Flight 5143 was a domestic scheduled Karshi–Ufa–Leningrad passenger flight that crashed near Uchkuduk, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union, on 10 July 1985. The crash killed all 200 occupants (148 adults, including 9 crewmembers, and 52 children) on board. Investigators determined that crew fatigue was a factor in the accident.[1]
Flight 5143 remains the deadliest air disaster in Soviet and Uzbek aviation history, the deadliest in Aeroflot's history, and the deadliest accident involving a Tupolev Tu-154.[1]