Tupolev ANT-20 crash, May 18, 1935 (45 killed), Tushino M...
Tupolev ANT-20 accident on May 18, 1935 near Tushino Moscow oblast, Russia with 45 fatalities. Cause: Mid air collision after the Polikarpov I5 pilot...
- Date: May 18, 1935
- Aircraft: Tupolev ANT-20
- Location: Tushino Moscow oblast, Russia
- Fatalities: 45
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Mid air collision after the Polikarpov I5 pilot misjudged the distance during an unscheduled manoeuvre over the airliner
The Maxim Gorki, an eight engined Tupolev ANT 20 airliner, was flying a demonstration over Moscow when a Polikarpov I5 fighter flying alongside it made an unscheduled turn around it. The two aircraft collided and fell into a residential area in Sokol near Tushino Airfield. All aboard the Maxim Gorki were killed, along with nine people on the ground.