Yakovlev Yak-40 crash, Sep 18, 1981 (33 killed), Zhelezno...
Yakovlev Yak-40 accident on September 18, 1981 near Zheleznogorsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia with 33 fatalities. Cause: Poor ATC surveillance allowed...
- Date: September 18, 1981
- Aircraft: Yakovlev Yak-40
- Location: Zheleznogorsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
- Fatalities: 33
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Poor ATC surveillance allowed both aircraft to start an approach without maintaining minimum separation. The lack of radio communication between the three parties was a contributing factor.
On final approach to Zheleznogorsk-Ilimskiy Airport, Aeroflot Yak-40 flight SU652 from Irkutsk collided with a Soviet Air Force Mil Mi-8 helicopter on a training flight. Both aircraft dove into wooded hilly terrain about 11 km from the airport and burned. All 40 occupants of both aircraft were killed.