- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | September 03, 1970 |
Time: | 2126 |
Location: | Near Leningrad, USSR |
Operator: | Aeroflot |
Flight #: | W-4 |
Route: | Frunze, Kyrgyzstan - Leninabad, Tajikistan |
AC Type: | Yakovlev YAK-40 |
Registration: | CCCP-87690 |
cn / ln: | 9910503 |
Aboard: | 21 (passengers:18 crew:3) |
Fatalities: | 21 (passengers:18 crew:3) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | Crashed into a mountain after the captain descended over mountainous terrain without knowing his position. Poor flight planning, erroneous in-flight decisions and navigation errors on part of the flying crew caused the aircraft to be off-course at the time of the accident, resulting in a controlled flight into terrain. |
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