Tupolev TU-134 crash, Aug 11, 1979 (94 killed), Kurilovka...
Tupolev TU-134 accident on August 11, 1979 near Kurilovka Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine with 94 fatalities. Cause: Air traffic controller error: the...
- Date: August 11, 1979
- Aircraft: Tupolev TU-134
- Location: Kurilovka Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine
- Fatalities: 94
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Air traffic controller error: the controller miscalculated the distance and timing between the two aircraft. Reported contributing factors included violations of published procedures, poor level assignment and lack of coordination.
Two Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-134 airliners collided in mid-air over Ukraine on 11 August 1979 near Kurilovka, about 35 km northwest of Dnipropetrovsk. CCCP-65816 was on a Voronezh to Kishinev service with 88 passengers and six crew, and CCCP-65735 was on a Tashkent to Minsk service with 77 passengers and seven crew. The right wing of CCCP-65735 struck the cockpit of CCCP-65816 and both aircraft broke up and crashed in fields. All 178 occupants were killed.