- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | August 11, 1979 |
Time: | 1335 |
Location: | Near Volgograd, Russia |
Operator: | Aeroflot / Aeroflot |
Flight #: | 7880/7628 |
Route: | Tashkent - Donetsk - Minsk /Chelyabinsk to Kishinev |
AC Type: | Tupolev TU-134A / Tupolev Tu-134A |
Registration: | 65735/65816 |
cn / ln: | 2351516 / 05040 |
Aboard: | 178 (passengers:155 crew:13) |
Fatalities: | 178 (passengers:155 crew:13) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | Midair collision at 27,200 ft. Separation error by air traffic controller. Eight-four killed on the 65735 and 94 on the 65816. Fourteen players and 3 staff members of the Russian soccer team, Pakhtakor Tashkent were killed. |
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