| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | December 11, 1988 |
| Time: | ? |
| Location: | Leninakan, Armenia, USSR |
| Operator: | Military - Russian Air Force / Military - Russian Air Force |
| Flight #: | ? |
| Route: | ? |
| AC Type: | Ilyushin IL-76 / Mi-8 (helicopter) |
| Registration: | CCCP-86732 |
| cn / ln: | 083413388 |
| Aboard: | 83 (passengers:74 crew:9) |
| Fatalities: | 77 (passengers:68 crew:9) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | A midair collision occurred between a soviet transport on an earthquake relief mission and a military Mi-8 helicopter. As the transport approached for a landing in the darkness it struck the helicocopter. Seventy-seven of 78 aboard the transport were killed. All five aboard the Mi-8 survived. The crew had used an incorrect altimeter setting. |
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