Yakovlev Yak-40 crash, Jun 12, 1980 (29 killed), Dushanbe
Yakovlev Yak-40 accident on June 12, 1980 near Dushanbe, Districts of Republican Subordination, Tajikistan with 29 fatalities. Cause: Poor visibility...
- Date: June 12, 1980
- Aircraft: Yakovlev Yak-40
- Location: Dushanbe, Districts of Republican Subordination, Tajikistan
- Fatalities: 29
- Cause: Poor visibility and weather hampered the crew. The route deviation went unnoticed because the radio compass was disturbed by the storm and the wind differed from forecast. The crew's position reports were false or misleading, and air traffic control gave insufficient assistance, not using fix point control that would have revealed the wrong position.
Aeroflot Yak-40 flying a scheduled Leninabad to Dushanbe service deviated about 67 km from its route while skirting a thunderstorm. It descended in cloud and struck a mountain slope about 44 km northwest of Dushanbe, killing all 29 people on board.