1981 Zheleznogorsk mid-air collision

1981 aviation accident 18 September 1981 Mid-air collision resulting from ATC error Accident 11 km (6.9 miles) east of Zheleznogorsk-Ilimskiy Airport, Soviet Union 40 0 Yakovlev Yak-40, Aeroflot AN1083660.jpg An Aeroflot Yakovlev Yak-40, similar to the aircraft involved in the accident. Yakovlev Yak-40 Aeroflot CCCP-87455 Irkutsk Airport (IKT/UIII), Soviet Union Zheleznogorsk-Ilimskiy Airport (UIBV), Soviet Union 29 4 0 Mil Mi-8T, Aeroflot AN1093550.jpg An Aeroflot Mil Mi-8, similar to the aircraft involved in the accident. Mil Mi-8T Aeroflot CCCP-22268 Bratsk Airport (UIBB), Soviet Union Zheleznogorsk-Ilimskiy Airport (UIBV), Soviet Union 7 0 The 1981 Zheleznogorsk mid-air collision was an accident involving a Yakovlev Yak-40 jet and a Mil Mi-8T helicopter, both operated by the Russian airline Aeroflot, 11 km (6.9 miles) east of Zheleznogorsk-Ilimskiy Airport, Soviet Union, on 18 September 1981. None of the combined 40 passengers and crew on either aircraft survived.Accident Description https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19810918-0 5 November 2022 aviation-safety.net Aviation Safety Network Accident While flight V-652 was inbound to Zheleznogorsk-Ilimskiy after its flight from Irkutsk on 18 September 1981, a Mil Mi-8T helicopter was also heading for the same airport after having finished its training flight from Bratsk. The crew of flight V-652 initiated their descent to the airport and had to pass through clouds while searching for the runway. When the plane was about 11 km (6.9 miles) East of the airport and at an altitude of 1300 ft 0, it collided with the helicopter who was also descending at 7.13am. Flight V-652 suffered immense damage to its left wing, fuselage and tail section, while the helicopter's main rotor and cockpit were destroyed with serious damage to its fuselage as well. http://www.airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=43 Столкновение Як-40 и Ми-8 ВС УГА в районе г.Железногорск-Илимский ru Collision Yak-40 and Mi-8 Zheleznogorsk-Ilimsky airdisaster.ru 5 November 2022 Both aircraft nosedived towards the ground following the collision, and crashed in a wooded hilly terrain 400 meters (1,300 feet) from one another. None of the 29 passengers and 4 crew aboard flight V-652 survived the crash, and all 7 crew on board the Mil Mi-8T helicopter also perished in the disaster.Accident Description https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/64880 5 November 2022 aviation-safety.net Aviation Safety Network Aftermath The wreckage of both aircraft were completely destroyed in the accident and post-crash fire. An investigation of the accident concluded that the cause lay with the poor surveillance conducted by ATC. The lack of communication between the three parties allowed the Mil Mi-8T helicopter to cross into the approach path of flight V-652.https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-yakovlev-yak-40-zheleznogorsk-33-killed CRASH OF A YAKOVLEV YAK-40 IN ZHELEZNOGORSK: 33 KILLED aaa-acro.com 5 November 2022 References Aeroflot Category:Mid-air collisions involving helicopters Category:Mid-air collisions involving airliners 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:1981 in Russia Category:September 1981 in the Soviet Union Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in 1981 Category:Aviation accidents and incidents involving the Yakovlev Yak-40 Category:Aviation accidents and incidents involving the Mil Mi-8 Category:20th-century aviation accidents and incidents in Russia