An Aeroflot Tu-154B-2, similar to the aircraft involved in the accident
Accident
Date
8 July 1980 (1980-07-08)
Summary
Microburst-induced windshear, loss of airspeed due to thermal currents causing a stall
Site
Near Almaty International Airport, Almaty, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union 43°19′42″N76°59′19″E / 43.32833°N 76.98861°E / 43.32833; 76.98861
Aircraft
Aircraft type
Tupolev Tu-154B-2
Operator
Aeroflot
Registration
CCCP-85355
Flight origin
Almaty International Airport
Destination
Simferopol Airport
Occupants
166
Passengers
156
Crew
10
Fatalities
166
Survivors
0
Aeroflot Flight 4225 was a Tupolev Tu-154B-2 on a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Alma-Ata Airport (now Almaty) to Simferopol Airport on 8 July 1980. The aircraft had reached an altitude of no more than 500 feet when the airspeed suddenly dropped because of thermal currents it encountered during the climb out. This caused the airplane to stall less than 5 kilometres (3.1 mi; 2.7 nmi) from the airport, crash and catch fire, killing all 156 passengers and 10 crew on board.[1] To date, it remains the deadliest aviation accident in Kazakhstan.[1]
AeroflotFlight4225 was a Tupolev Tu-154B-2 on a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Alma-Ata Airport (now Almaty) to Simferopol Airport on 8 July...
Itavia Flight 870, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9, crashes into the Tyrrhenian Sea near Italy, killing all 81 people on board. July 8 – AeroflotFlight4225, a...
with plans to reconstruct it 420 m (1,380 ft) away. 7 July 1980: AeroflotFlight4225, a Tupolev Tu-154B-2, aircraft registration CCCP-85355, crashed with...
relief efforts following the 2024 Noto earthquake the previous day. AeroflotFlight4225 – Shortly after takeoff, the Tupolev Tu-154B-2 encountered a massive...
Queensland who defeat New South Wales 20–10 at Lang Park. 1980 – AeroflotFlight4225 crashes near Almaty International Airport in the then Kazakh Soviet...
was Zł 5100 or $43 per month. All 156 passengers and 10 crew on AeroflotFlight4225 were killed. The Tupolev Tu-154 took off from Alma-Ata (now Almaty)...
Tepic Airport in Tepic, Mexico, killing everyone on board. July 8 – AeroflotFlight4225, a Tupolev Tu-154B-2 (registration CCCP-85355), gets caught in a...
experienced by Aeroflot during the 1980s. The deadliest accident the carrier experienced in this decade occurred in July 1985 (1985-07), when Flight 7425, a...
Global Information