1993 Tajik Air Yakovlev Yak-40 incident

When

28 Aug 1993

Kind

Air disaster

Coordinates

37.51° N, 71.51° E

Description

1993 aviation accident

Deaths

82

Injured

4

1993 aviation accident in Tajikistan

On 28 August 1993 a non-scheduled domestic passenger flight operated by Tajikistan Airlines and served by a Yakovlev Yak-40 crashed during takeoff at Khorog Airport, killing 82 people on board. Militants during the civil war in Tajikistan forced the crew to take more passengers than the aircraft was able to carry, which led to an excess takeoff weight.

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