Tupolev TU-134 crash, Sep 9, 1994 (8 killed), Samoylikha
Tupolev TU-134 accident on September 9, 1994 near Samoylikha, Moscow oblast, Russia with 8 fatalities. Cause: Both crews failed to keep a safe...
- Date: September 9, 1994
- Aircraft: Tupolev TU-134
- Location: Samoylikha, Moscow oblast, Russia
- Fatalities: 8
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Both crews failed to keep a safe separation while flying in formation, and poor judgment.
A research aircraft, a Tu-134 on an aerial photography flight, was flying in formation at 3,000 metres with a Tu-22M3 when the two aircraft came into contact and the Tu-22M3 struck the tail of the Tu-134. The Tu-22M3 returned to Zhukovsky, but the Tu-134 entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in a wooded area near Samoylikha, southeast of Moscow. All eight people aboard were killed.