Aeroflot Flight Sh-88

Aeroflot Flight Sh-88
Accident
Date12 June 1980 (1980-06-12)
SummaryCrew and ATC errors, CFIT
Site44 km from Dushanbe (Tajik SSR, USSR)
38°51′2″N 68°30′18″E / 38.85056°N 68.50500°E / 38.85056; 68.50500
Aircraft
Aircraft typeYakovlev Yak-40
OperatorAeroflot (Tajik RPO GA, Kurgan-Tyube AP)
RegistrationCCCP-87689
Flight originLeninabad Airport
DestinationDushanbe Airport
Occupants29
Passengers25
Crew4
Fatalities29
Survivors0

Aeroflot Flight Sh-88 was a scheduled domestic flight from Leninabad (now Khujand) to Dushanbe that crashed on June 12, 1980, near Dushanbe, resulting in the deaths of all 29 people on board, due to crew errors and air traffic control failures.