Yakovlev Yak-40 crash, May 23, 1974 (29 killed), Kiev-Zhu...
Yakovlev Yak-40 accident on May 23, 1974 near Kiev-Zhuliany-Igor Sikorsky Kiev oblast, Ukraine with 29 fatalities.
- Date: May 23, 1974
- Aircraft: Yakovlev Yak-40
- Location: Kiev-Zhuliany-Igor Sikorsky Kiev oblast, Ukraine
- Fatalities: 29
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
An Aeroflot Yakovlev 40 on a scheduled flight from Khmelnytskyi to Kiev struck the ground during a night approach to Kiev Zhuliany Airport. It came down in a field about 16 km west of the airport and all 29 people on board were killed.