1995 Borodianka mid-air collision

Aircraft collision over Ukraine Accident 1995 02 10 y Mid-air collision caused by pilot error Borodianka Raion, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine 50 44 38.3 N 29 55 19.1 E type:event inline,title 7 5 Antonov An-70 Antonov An-70 in 1994.jpg The aircraft involved in the accident during ground tests, three months before its first flight Antonov Design Bureau Unknown Kyiv-Hostomel Airport, Ukraine Kyiv-Hostomel Airport, Ukraine 7 7 7 0 Antonov An-72 Russia_Air_Force_An-72_RA-72979_CKL_2006-2-7.png 1.16 An Antonov An-72 similar to the one involved Antonov Design Bureau UR-72966 Kyiv-Hostomel Airport, Ukraine Kyiv-Hostomel Airport, Ukraine 5 5 0 5 On 10 February 1995, at 16:09 CET, the first Antonov An-70 prototype aircraft collided with an Antonov An-72 that was assisting with the An-70 test program over Borodianka Raion in Ukraine. All seven crew members on board the An-70 were killed; the An-72 was able to make a safe emergency landing at Hostomel Airport in Kyiv with no fatalities.Accident Description, Antonov 70 UR- Gostomel https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19950210-0 Aviation Safety Network Flight Safety Foundation 4 July 2009 19950210-0 Causes A Ukrainian-led commission reported that the cause was human error and blamed the flight maneuvers by the crew as the major contributing factor to the crash. Leonid Berestov is quoted as saying "The careless actions of both crews in their formation flying led to a collision and crash".Human error blamed in An-70 crash https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/human-error-blamed-in-an-70-crash-27591/ 7 February 2010 Flightglobal Flight International 22 March 1995 Several faults were observed in the three test flights that took place before the accident flight, including flight control problems during the second flight and again during the third flight, on the day preceding the collision. References Bibliography 30em ru Светлая память погибшим // Авиация и Время. — К. : 1995. — No. 1. — С. 25. (Obituary in Aviatsiya i Vremia journal, including photogallery of the crew). Central Eurasia Daily Report: Supplement Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Prospects for trouble-plagued An-70 aircraft Anatoliy Polyakov https://hdl.handle.net/2027/inu.30000046091546?urlappend=%3Bseq=255 March 23, 1995 March 11, 1995 Krasnaya Zvezda 2027/inu.30000046091546 FBIS-SOV-95-056-S Kyiv, Ukraine Russia National Affairs: Political Issues 33–34 Central Eurasia Daily Report: Supplement Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Reasons for An-70 February crash, future of project considered Vladimir Sergeyev https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nnc1.cu00733830?urlappend=%3Bseq=168 March 14, 1995 March 2, 1995 Segodnya 2027/nnc1.cu00733830 FBIS-SOV-95-049-S Ukraine: Economic Issues 42–43 Central Eurasia Daily Report: Supplement Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Development of experimental An-70 plane detailed Sergey Leskov https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nnc1.cu00733822?urlappend=%3Bseq=395 March 3, 1995 February 23, 1995 Izvestiya 2027/nnc1.cu00733822 FBIS-SOV-95-042-S Kyiv, Ukraine Russia National Affairs: Economic Issues 28–29 Central Eurasia Daily Report Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Defense minister on preliminary findings of An-70 crash https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nnc1.cu00733806?urlappend=%3Bseq=974 February 21, 1995 February 18, 1995 Ukrayinske Radio First Program Network 2027/nnc1.cu00733806 FBIS-SOV-95-034 Ukraine: National Affairs 52–53 Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in Ukraine Antonov Borodianka mid-air collision Borodianka mid-air collision Category:20th century in Kyiv Oblast Borodianka mid-air collision Category:Aviation accidents and incidents involving the Antonov An-72 Category:Aviation accidents and incidents involving the Antonov An-70