Accident description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 23 MAY 1974 |
| Type: | Yakovlev 40 |
| Operator: | Aeroflot / Ukraine |
| Registration: | CCCP-87579 |
| C/n / msn: | 9221122 |
| First flight: | 1972 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2367 |
| Cycles: | 2068 |
| Engines: | 3 Ivchenko AI-25 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 25 / Occupants: 25 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 29 / Occupants: 29 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Kiev (Ukraine) |
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Riga-Central Airport (EVRS), Latvia |
| Kiev-Zhulhyany Airport (IEV/UKKK), Ukraine |
Crashed. Suspected crew incapacitation by carbon monoxide.
Sources:
» Soviet Transports
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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 Riga-Central Airport to Kiev-Zhulhyany Airport as the crow flies is 837 km (523 miles).
Distance from Riga-Central Airport to Kiev-Zhulhyany Airport as the crow flies is 837 km (523 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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