What the records say
- When
- 15 Dec 1997
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 25.25° N, 55.67° E
- Description
- Flight that crashed in 1997
- Deaths
- 85
- Injured
- 1
- Cause
- controlled flight into terrain
Tajikistan Airlines Flight 3183
1997 aircraft accident in the United Arab Emirates
Tajikistan Airlines Flight 3183 was a Tupolev Tu-154B-1 that crashed on 15 December 1997 on approach to Sharjah Airport in the United Arab Emirates. There was a sole survivor, the navigator, from a crew of seven and seventy-nine passengers. Investigators determined the cause of the accident was pilot error leading to controlled flight into terrain.
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