Aeroflot Flight 418 was an international passenger flight operated by a Tupolev Tu-154A, registered CCCP-85102, that was operating the second leg of an scheduled Luanda–Malabo–N'Djamena–Tripoli–Moscow passenger service. The plane crashed on into a mountain near Malabo Airport on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea on 1 June 1976.[1]
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Accident | |
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Date | 1 June 1976 (1976-06-01) |
Summary | Undetermined (possible radar failure) |
Site | Bioko, Equatorial Guinea 3°30′N 8°42′E |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Tupolev Tu-154A |
Operator | Aeroflot |
Registration | CCCP-85102 |
Flight origin | Quatro de Fevereiro Airport, Luanda, Angola |
Stopover | Malabo International Airport, Bioko, Equatorial Guinea |
1st stopover | N'Djamena International Airport, Chad |
Last stopover | Tripoli International Airport, Libya |
Destination | Sheremetyevo International Airport, Moscow, USSR |
Passengers | 42 |
Crew | 4 |
Fatalities | 46 |
Survivors | 0 |
The aircraft was en route from Quatro de Fevereiro Airport to Malabo International Airport when it struck a mountain 750 metres (2,460 ft) high at Bioko, Equatorial Guinea.[1] All 42 passengers and 4 crew perished.[2][3]
The cause of the accident could not be determined, but the investigation commission suspected a possible failure of the MSRP-12 radar on the aircraft may have led the crew to be unaware of their position.
An Aeroflot Tu-154 is missing on a flight from Luanda to Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, as we go to press. It is reported to be carrying a total of 46 crew and passengers.
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