What the records say
- When
- 15 Aug 1975
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 40.01° N, 53.02° E
- Description
- 1975 aviation accident
- Deaths
- 23
Aeroflot accidents and incidents in the 1970s
Aeroflot, the Soviet Union's national carrier, experienced a number of serious accidents and incidents during the 1970s. The airline's worst accident during the decade took place in August 1979 , when two Tupolev Tu-134 aircraft were involved in a mid-air collision over the Ukrainian city then named Dniprodzerzhinsk, with the loss of 178 lives.
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