Date: | August 11, 1979 |
Location: | Dneprodzerzhinsk, Ukraine |
Aircraft: | Tupolev Tu-134A |
Reg: | 65735/65816 |
Airline: | Aeroflot |
Flight No: | 7880 |
Fatalities: | 178 : 178 |
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. |