What the records say
- When
- 8 Jul 1980
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 43.28° N, 76.90° E
- Description
- aviation accident
- Deaths
- 166
- Injured
- 0
- Cause
- wind shear
Aeroflot Flight 4225
1980 aviation accident
Aeroflot Flight 4225 was a Tupolev Tu-154B-2 on a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Alma-Ata Airport to Simferopol Airport on 8 July 1980. The aircraft had reached an altitude of no more than 500 feet when the airspeed suddenly dropped because of thermal currents it encountered during the climb out.
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