1976 Anapa mid-air collision
Memorial to the victims of the accident | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 9 September 1976 |
| Summary | Mid-air collision caused by ATC error |
| Site |
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| Total fatalities | 70 |
| Total survivors | 0 |
| First aircraft | |
| An Aeroflot Antonov An-24RV, similar to the one involved | |
| Type | Antonov An-24RV |
| Operator | Aeroflot |
| Registration | CCCP-46518 |
| Flight origin | Gomel Airport, Belorussian SSR |
| Stopover | Donetsk Airport, Ukrainian SSR |
| Destination | Sochi Airport, Russian SFSR |
| Occupants | 52 |
| Passengers | 47 |
| Crew | 5 |
| Fatalities | 52 |
| Survivors | 0 |
| Second aircraft | |
| An Aeroflot Yakolev Yak-40, similar to the one involved | |
| Type | Yakovlev Yak-40 |
| Operator | Aeroflot |
| Registration | CCCP-87772 |
| Flight origin | Rostov-on-Don Airport, Russian SFSR |
| Destination | Kerch Airport, Ukrainian SSR |
| Occupants | 18 |
| Passengers | 14 |
| Crew | 4 |
| Fatalities | 18 |
| Survivors | 0 |
The 1976 Anapa mid-air collision was the collision of Aeroflot Flight 7957 (an Antonov An-24RV) and Aeroflot Flight S-31 (a Yakovlev Yak-40) on 9 September 1976, off the coast of Anapa in the Soviet Union. All 70 people on the two aircraft were killed in the crash. The primary cause of the accident was determined to be error by the air traffic controller; investigators never recovered the fuselage of the Yak-40.