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On 11 August 1979, a mid-air collision occurred over the Ukrainian SSR, near the city of Dniprodzerzhynsk (now Kamianske). The aircraft involved were both Tupolev Tu-134As on scheduled domestic passenger flights, operated by Aeroflot. All 178 people aboard both aircraft died in the accident. The Soviet aviation board investigating the accident concluded that the crash was caused by "mistakes and violations"[1] made by air traffic controllers.

1979 Dniprodzerzhynsk mid-air collision
An Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-134A, similar to both aircraft involved, on short final to Euroairport in 1977
Accident
Date11 August 1979
SummaryMid-air collision caused by ATC error
Sitenear Dniprodzerzhynsk, Ukrainian SSR
48°35′17.5″N 34°39′21.5″E
Total fatalities178
Total survivors0
First aircraft
TypeTupolev Tu-134A
OperatorAeroflot  Moldavian SSR
RegistrationСССР-65816
Flight originVoronezh Airport, Russian SFSR
DestinationChișinău Airport, Moldavian SSR
Passengers88
Crew6
Fatalities94
Survivors0
Second aircraft
TypeTupolev Tu-134AK
OperatorAeroflot
RegistrationСССР-65735
Flight originDonetsk Airport, Ukrainian SSR
DestinationMinsk-1 International Airport, Belarusian SSR
Passengers77
Crew7
Fatalities84
Survivors0

Flight history



Aeroflot Flight 7628


Aeroflot Flight 7628 was a twin turbofan Tu-134 passenger jet, serial number 4352210 and registration CCCP-65816, that was built at the Kharkiv Aviation Plant in 1974 and which carried out its first flight on 24 March of that year. It was operated by the airline's Moldova division and at the time of the accident had logged 12,739 hours and completed 7683 takeoff-landing cycles.[2]

There were 88 passengers and six crew members on board the Tupolev airliner.[2]


Aeroflot Flight 7880


Aeroflot Flight 7880 was a Tu-134AK airliner, serial number 1351405 and registration CCCP-65735, that was completed at the Kharkiv aviation plant on 5 November 1971 and which made its first flight later that year. First operated as a "K" model with luxury salons and first-class accommodation, it was later converted to a standard 78- passenger configuration.[3] At the time of the accident the aircraft had accumulated 10,753 flight hours through 7075 cycles.[4]

There were 77 passengers and seven crew members on board the aircraft. Passengers included personnel of the Pakhtakor Football Club.[4]


Air traffic control


En route to their destinations both aircraft passed through the Kharkiv regional air traffic control (ATC) center airspace. This area was characterized by high traffic density and air traffic controllers often had to carry more than a dozen aircraft simultaneously. This problem had been discussed since the early 1970s, but by the end of the decade the problem had not been solved. The southwest sector, covering from 180° to 255° was especially complex and unpredictable.[5][6]

On 11 August 1979, at 07:50 MSK a new shift of air traffic controllers began work, headed by Sergei Sergeev. In the difficult southwest sector he employed an inexperienced 3rd-class controller, 20-year-old Nikolai Zhukovsky, under the supervision of 1st-class controller, 28-year-old Vladimir Alexandrovich Sumy.[7][6]

Adding to the situation that day was that Leonid Brezhnev was embarking on a trip to Crimea. Authorities wanted to give the Soviet leader a clear flight path and this caused considerable disruption of the airline flight operations in the area.[8]


Accident sequence


At 12:54, Flight 7628 took off from Voronezh airport on the last leg of a domestic scheduled route from Chelyabinsk to Voronezh, then to Kishinev.[5]

At 13:11, Flight 7880 departed Donetsk airport bound for Minsk.[1]

At 13:17:15, Flight 7628 contacted ATC to report it was at flight level (FL) 8,400 metres (27,600 ft) and requested permission to climb to FL 9,600 metres (31,500 ft). Flight 7628 also informed ATC it would reach the Volchansk waypoint at 13:22 and the Krasnohrad waypoint at 13:28, but controller Zhukovsky incorrectly recorded 13:19 to 13:26 respectively, which placed the aircraft ahead of schedule.

At 13:21:43, Flight 7628 re-contacted the ATC center and again requested permission to climb up to 9600 meters, but Zhukovsky rejected that request.[9]

At 13:25:48, Flight 7880 bound for Minsk, informed ATC they had departed Donetsk 14 minutes before and were at 5,700 metres (18,700 ft), and that they would reach the Dnipropetrovsk (now the city Dnipro) waypoint at 13:34 and the Kremenchuk waypoint at 13:44. Zhukovsky confirmed the location of the aircraft and ordered them to climb to and maintain 7,200 metres (23,600 ft).[1]

At 13:27:50, Flight 7628 contacted ATC and reported that they were over Krasnohrad at FL 8,400 metres (27,600 ft). Flight 7628 then asked controller Zhukovsky for their ground speed and the speed of another Tu-134A identified as 65132, flying at FL 9,600 metres (31,500 ft).[5] Flight 7628 was flying at 830 km/h (450 kn; 520 mph) and aircraft 65132 was at 750 km/h (400 kn; 470 mph). Because of the speed difference ATC refused to let flight 7628 climb to 9600 metres. Flight 7628 confirmed the instructions, although they tried to clarify that they could also slow down after the climb. This was the last radio transmission from Flight 7628.[5]

At 13:30:40, Flight 7880 contacted ATC and reported they were at 7,200 metres (23,600 ft), 25 kilometres (16 mi; 13 nmi) away from the Dnipropetrovsk beacon. The controller confirmed their position and instructed them to climb to an altitude of 8400 meters. After 3 minutes (13:34:52) Flight 7880 reported at an altitude of 8,400 metres (27,600 ft), at the Dnipropetrovsk beacon. Controller Zhukovsky initially incorrectly identified the aircraft on radar and, when he properly identified it, he realized that it was on a collision course with another aircraft (CCCP-86676 – an Ilyushin Il-62 at 9000 meters.[10]) and therefore instructed Flight 7880 to stay at 8400 meters, which was confirmed.[1]

Flight 7628 was flying on Airway 50 (Magdalinovka – Ball, course 201°) and Flight 7880 was on Airway 147 corridor (Dnipropetrovsk – Kremenchuk, course 300°). These corridors intersect at an angle of 99° north-east of Dniprodzerzhynsk. Because of previous errors, the controller's perception of the location of each aircraft was incorrect. When Zhukovsky's supervisor Sumy overheard the radio traffic and saw the aircraft converging on the radar screen he realized the catastrophic situation and attempted to correct it. At 13:34:07 controller Sumy ordered aircraft 86676 (IL-62) from 9,000 to 9,600 metres (29,500 to 31,500 ft). At 13:34:21 Sumy repeated the order then directed Flight 7880 from 8400 meters to the now vacant altitude at 9,000 metres (30,000 ft).[1][11]

The controller heard a muffled reply and assumed it was an acknowledgement from Flight 7880, but the muffled transmission was actually from aircraft 86676 and Flight 7880 remained at 8400 meters.[2]


Collision


Relative angle of aircraft at impact. Registration 65816 was Flight 7628.
Registration 65735 was Flight 7880.
Relative angle of aircraft at impact. Registration 65816 was Flight 7628. Registration 65735 was Flight 7880.

Flight 7628 had strayed to the left of the airway by approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi), while Flight 7880 was to the left by 0.5 kilometres (0.31 mi). At 13:35:38 both aircraft suddenly disappeared from ATC radar screens. Zhukovsky tried to contact them, but they did not respond. At 13:37, Igor Chernov, the captain of an Antonov An-2 (CCCP-91734) flying from Cherkasy to Donetsk, reported "Something falls from the sky!".[7] At 13:40 Chernov reported seeing aircraft parts in the area of Dniprodzerzhynsk (current Kamianske).[1][7][5]

Both aircraft collided in a cloud at an altitude of 8,400 metres (27,600 ft), approximately over Dniprodzerzhynsk. Flight 7880's right wing sliced through Flight 7628's forward fuselage, tearing off part of 7880's right wing, the debris of which was ingested by 7880's right engine.[12] The impact spun 7628 to the right, causing the tails of both aircraft to collide at which time the left engine of 7628 struck the keel of 7880, and 7628's right wing was torn off. Flight 7628 tumbled out of control and broke up, with debris scattered over an area measuring 16 by 3 kilometres (9.9 by 1.9 mi).[1][5] Damage to 7880 included the loss of most of the empennage, one of the engines and a section of the right wing. The pilots of 7880 attempted an emergency landing, but at an altitude of approximately 4,000 metres (13,000 ft) they lost control and at 13:38 crashed to the ground north-east of Dniprodzerzhynsk, completely destroying the aircraft.[1][5][6]


Investigation


In the subsequent investigation the commission concluded that center of gravity and takeoff weights of both aircraft were within the normal range and that there was no explosion or fire prior to the collision.[7] The commission also found that maintenance was carried out in accordance with the requirements of the regulations and that the level of training of flight crews of both aircraft, as well as their work experience, were not the cause of the crash.[7]

When the commission examined the action of the controllers they discovered a series of errors made by Zhukovsky:[1]

The investigators also discovered that the more experienced controller, Vladimir Sumy, was in error during the last minutes before the crash, having received a vague answer without a call sign, he did not confirm if the crew of Flight 7880 understood.[7] Sumy had previously received penalties for violations, including improper communication and phraseology.[7]

The senior controller, Sergei Sergeev, was found to have complicated the air traffic control environment by changing the responsibilities assigned to personnel, including assigning Sumy to supervise Zhukovsky.[7]

Nine months after the disaster, a court sentenced controllers Zhukovsky and Sumy to 15 years imprisonment in a penal colony. Sumy served 6.5 years, then was released for good behavior. As of 2008, he lived in Kharkiv.[8] Zhukovsky reportedly committed suicide. Sergei Sergeev, the chief controller on duty that day, was not prosecuted.[11]

The final conclusion made by the commission was that "[t]he cause of the disaster were the mistakes and violations of the NPP GA-78 made by manager of the southwestern sector and dispatcher instructor regarding destination tier and providing the established intervals between aircraft compliance phraseology".[1]


See also



References


  1. "Accidents, incidents and plane crashes in the USSR and Russia". Airdisaster.ru. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
  2. "Accident description". aviation-safety.net. Aviation Safety Network (ASN). Retrieved 13 December 2016.
  3. "Tupolev Tu-134AK Trip number: USSR-65735". russianplanes.net. Aviation Safety Network (ASN). Retrieved 13 December 2016.
  4. "Accident description". aviation-safety.net. Aviation Safety Network (ASN). Retrieved 13 December 2016.
  5. "Accidents, incidents and plane crashes in the USSR and Russia". airdisaster.ru. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
  6. "Remaining in heaven". www.ua-football.com. 11 August 2014. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
  7. Muromov, Igor (2003). 100 great plane crashes. Veche. p. 528. ISBN 5-9533-0029-8.
  8. Appell, James (15 September 2011). "The day Uzbek football died". The Football Ramble.com. The Football Ramble Ltd. Archived from the original on 24 December 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
  9. "Туполев Ту-134А-3" [Tupolev Tu-134A-3]. russianplanes.net (in Russian). Retrieved 18 December 2016.
  10. "Ilyushin Il-62 Trip number: USSR-86676". russianplanes.net. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
  11. "МИСТИЧЕСКИЕ СОВПАДЕНИЯ ПРЕСЛЕДУЮТ РОССИЙСКУЮ АВИАЦИЮ" [MYSTERIOUS COINCIDENCES HAVE RUSSIAN AVIATION]. www.posadki.net (in Russian). Archived from the original on 14 August 2013. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
  12. "Tupolev Tu-134A Trip number: USSR-65816". russianplanes.net. Retrieved 18 December 2016.


На других языках


[de] Flugzeugkollision von Dniprodserschynsk

Die Flugzeugkollision von Dniprodserschynsk war ein Zusammenstoß zweier Tupolew-Tu-134-Maschinen der Aeroflot am 11. August 1979. Beide Flugzeuge stürzten ab und alle Insassen kamen ums Leben. Ursache war ein Fehler des Fluglotsen.
- [en] 1979 Dniprodzerzhynsk mid-air collision

[fr] Collision aérienne de Dniprodzerjynsk en 1979

La collision aérienne de Dniprodzerjynsk en 1979 est survenue le 11 août 1979, lorsque deux Tupolev Tu-134 d'Aeroflot entrèrent en collision à 8 400 m d'altitude, à la suite d'une erreur d'un contrôleur aérien, et s'écrasèrent près de Kourylivka en république socialiste soviétique d'Ukraine. La catastrophe fit 178 victimes, soit la totalité des membres des équipages et des passagers des deux appareils.

[it] Collisione aerea di Dniprodzeržyns'k

Con Collisione aerea di Dniprodzeržyns'k si identifica un incidente aereo avvenuto l'11 agosto 1979 quando due Tupolev Tu-134 della compagnia Aeroflot si scontrarono vicino a Dniprodzeržyns'k, nella RSS Ucraina.[1][2][3]

[ru] Столкновение над Днепродзержинском

Столкнове́ние над Днепродзержи́нском — крупная авиационная катастрофа, произошедшая 11 августа 1979 года и ставшая одной из крупнейших в истории авиации. В небе в районе Днепродзержинска (ныне Каменское) на высоте 8400 метров столкнулись два авиалайнера Ту-134А авиакомпании «Аэрофлот» (рейсы SU-7628 Челябинск—Воронеж—Кишинёв и SU-7880 Ташкент—Гурьев—Донецк—Минск). Погибли все находившиеся на обоих самолётах 178 человек — 94 на рейсе 7628 (88 пассажиров и 6 членов экипажа) и 84 на рейсе 7880 (77 пассажиров и 7 членов экипажа); 17 человек на борту рейса 7880 являлись членами футбольной команды «Пахтакор», из-за чего катастрофа получила особый резонанс.



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