Accident | |
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Date | 27 August 1992 |
Summary | Pilot error and ATC error |
Site | 56°55′29″N 40°59′20″E / 56.92472°N 40.98889°E |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Tupolev Tu-134A |
Operator | Aeroflot |
Registration | RA-65058 |
Flight origin | Mineralnye Vody Airport, Russia |
Stopover | Donetsk International Airport, Ukraine |
Destination | Ivanovo Yuzhny Airport, Russia |
Occupants | 84 |
Passengers | 77 |
Crew | 7 |
Fatalities | 84 |
Survivors | 0 |
Aeroflot Flight 2808 (Russian: Рейс 2808 Аэрофлота Reys 2808 Aeroflota) was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Mineralnye Vody to Ivanovo, both in Russia, with a stopover in Donetsk, Ukraine on 27 August 1992. While attempting to land at Ivanovo airport, the Tupolev Tu-134 crashed into a group of buildings in the village of Lebyazhy Lug. Investigators determined the cause of the accident was errors made by the crew and the air traffic controller. There were no fatalities on the ground, but all 84 people on board the flight died in the crash.[1]