| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | September 09, 1976 |
| Time: | c 14:50 |
| 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: | 46518/87772 |
| cn / ln: | 37308504 / 9030713 |
| Aboard: | 90 (passengers:? crew:?) |
| Fatalities: | 90 (passengers:? crew:?) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | Midair collision at FL187. ATC error. Fifty-two deaths on the Antonov, 38 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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