- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: January 24, 1988
Time: 1649
Location: Near Nizhnevartovsk, Russia
Operator: Aeroflot
Flight #: ?
Route: Nizhnevartovsk - Tyumen
AC Type: Yakovlev YAK-40
Registration: CCCP-87549
cn / ln: 9531442
Aboard: 31   (passengers:27  crew:4)
Fatalities: 27   (passengers:23  crew:4)
Ground: 0
Summary: The plane stalled and crashed after a loss of engine power on takeoff. The engine throttles were reduced at a critical stage of the takeoff for undetermined reasons, probably by the crew.
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