What the records say
- When
- 18 Oct 1989
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 42.00° N, 50.50° E
- Description
- aviation incident in the Soviet Union
- Deaths
- 57
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
1989 Soviet Air Force Caspian Sea Il-76 crash
Aviation incident in the Soviet Union
On October 18, 1989, a Soviet Air Force Ilyushin Il-76, flying from Nasosnaya Air Base in SSR Azerbaijan to Zhovtneve Air Base in SSR Ukraine, crashed into the Caspian Sea. All 57 people on board were killed. The aircraft was carrying paratroopers from the 98th Guards Airborne Division. It is the deadliest aviation accident to have occurred in Azerbaijan.
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- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Под Баку разбился транспортный самолёт Ил-76, перевозивший десантников, возвращавшихся после выполнения задания в зоне армяно-азербайджанского конфликта”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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