- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | September 09, 1976 |
Time: | 1351 |
Location: | Off Adler, Russia |
Operator: | Aeroflot / Aeroflot |
Flight #: | 7957 /31 |
Route: | Donetsk - Sochi /Rostov na Donu - Kerch |
AC Type: | Antonov AN-24 / Yakovlev Yak-40 |
Registration: | CCCP46518/87772 |
cn / ln: | 37308504 / 9030713 |
Aboard: | 64 (passengers:55 crew:9) |
Fatalities: | 64 (passengers:55 crew:9) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | Midair collision at FL187. ATC error. Forty-six deaths on the Antonov, 18 on the Yak. Violation of separation rules. Contributing causes were insufficient visual alertness on the part of both crews and a lack of situation analysis based on air/ground radio communications. |
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