Air disaster

1981 Zheleznogorsk mid-air collision

18 Sep 1981 · 56.54° N, 104.11° E

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When
18 Sep 1981
Kind
Air disaster
Coordinates
56.54° N, 104.11° E
Description
1981 aviation accident
Deaths
40

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1981 Zheleznogorsk mid-air collision

1981 aviation accident

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 east of Zheleznogorsk-Ilimskiy Airport, Soviet Union, on 18 September 1981. None of the combined 40 passengers and crew on either aircraft survived.

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