Accident description
Last updated: 20 June 2013
Status:
Date:28 JAN 1970
Time:13:53
Type:Silhouette image of generic AN24 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Antonov 24B
Operator:Aeroflot, Yakutsk Civil Aviation Directorate
Registration: CCCP-47701
C/n / msn: 59900202
First flight: 1965
Crew:Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Passengers:Fatalities: 28 / Occupants: 28
Total:Fatalities: 34 / Occupants: 34
Airplane damage: Destroyed
Airplane fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:40 km (25 mls) NE of Batagay (Russia) show on map
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Chokurdah Airport (CKH/UESO), Russia
Destination airport:Batagay Airport (UEBB), Russia
Narrative:
Collided with a snow-covered rocky mountain slope 40 km north-east of Batagay Airport at an altitude of 1020 meters (the height of the mountain 1081 meters).
The crew had initiated their descent prematurely.

Events:


Sources:
» Soviet Transports
» airdisaster.ru

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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Chokurdah Airport to Batagay Airport as the crow flies is 612 km (382 miles).

This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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