1985 Zolochiv mid-air collision

1985 mid-air collision July 2014transport Столкновение над Золочевом January 2017May 2009 1985 Zolochiv mid-air collision 3 May 1985 Mid-air collisioninvolving ATC errors Accident Near Zolochiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union 94 0 Tupolev Tu-134A Aeroflot Tu-134A CCCP-65972 3.jpg A Tu-134 similar to the one that crashed Aeroflot CCCP-65856 Tallinn Airport, Estonian SSR, Soviet Union Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union Chişinău, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union 73 6 79 0 Antonov An-26 Antonov An-26..., Russia - Air Force AN1607736.jpg An Antonov An-26 similar to the one that crashed. Soviet Air Force 101 red (call-sign CCCP-26492) 9 6 15 0 The 1985 Zolochiv mid-air collision occurred on 3 May 1985 between Aeroflot Flight 8381 (Tu-134) and a Soviet Air Force An-26. History Aeroflot Flight 8381, a scheduled flight of a twin-engine Tupolev Tu-134 that departed Tallinn Airport in Estonian SSR, Soviet Union, at 10:38 am on 3 May 1985, for Chişinău in Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union making a stopover at Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union. While descending to Lviv in overcast weather, it collided at 12:13 with Soviet Air Force Antonov An-26 which had just taken off from Lviv. The collision occurred at an altitude of 13000 ft (flight level 130). Both aircraft lost their right wings and tails, went out of control and crashed about one or two minutes later near the town of Zolochiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union, killing all 94 people on both aircraft.ASN Aircraft accident Tupolev 134A CCCP-65856 Zolochiv https://asn.flightsafety.org/asndb/327216 2017-12-18 aviation-safety.netASN Aircraft accident Antonov An-26 101 Red Zolochiv https://asn.flightsafety.org/asndb/327215 2025-01-18 aviation-safety.net Civil and military air traffic controllers mislocated both aircraft involved, leading to violations of air traffic control rules. Among the victims of the disaster were graphics artist Alexander Aksinin, the young Estonian table-tennis player Alari Lindmäe (born 15 September 1967) and two generals of the Soviet Army. The captain of the Aeroflot aircraft, Nikolai Dmitrijev (born 18 October 1931), was a Hero of Socialist Labor and one of the Soviet Union's most decorated civil airline pilots.http://www.ruwings.ru/safety/123 Катастрофа Ту-134А СССР-65856 Аэрофлот МГА СССР 03.05.1985 www.ruwings.ru 2017-12-18 References External links 19850503-0 49 50 26.86 N 24 51 52.39 E type:city_source:kolossus-plwiki title Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in 1985 Category:1985 in the Soviet Union Aeroflot Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in Ukraine Category:Aviation accidents and incidents involving the Tupolev Tu-134 Category:Aviation accidents and incidents involving the Antonov An-26 Category:Mid-air collisions involving airliners Category:Mid-air collisions involving military aircraft Category:Mid-air collisions in Asia Category:Mid-air collisions in the Soviet Union Category:Aviation accidents and incidents caused by air traffic controller error Category:History of Lviv Oblast Category:1985 in Ukraine Category:May 1985 in the Soviet Union Category:Aviation accidents and incidents involving Soviet Air Force aircraft