1981 Armenia mid-air collision

Quand

18 juil. 1981

Type

Catastrophe aérienne

Coordonnées

40.10° N, 44.00° E

Description

mid-air collision

Deaths

4

Fatal aircraft accident over Soviet Armenia

The 1981 Armenia mid-air collision occurred on 18 July 1981 when a Soviet Air Defense Forces Sukhoi Su-15 crashed into the tail of a Transporte Aéreo Rioplatense Canadair CL-44 commercial transport which had strayed into Soviet airspace over the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic. The three crew and one passenger on the Argentine aircraft died; the Soviet pilot was able to eject to safety.

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