Incidents and Accidents
- On 30 March 1977, an Aeroflot Yakovlev 40 (CCCP-87738) flight from Dnepropetrovsk was approaching airport visually in fog. The crew continued their visual approach even after entering an area of fog with visibility less than 500m (1,640ft) and losing sight of the ground. When deciding to go around, the right wing hit a 9-m (30 ft) pole at a height of 6 m (20 ft). The wing caught fire, and the number 2 engine failed. With a progressive roll the aircraft flew 420m (1,377 ft) at an angle of 40-45° until the right wing touched the ground. The fuselage hit the ground sideways in a field about 1,500m (4,921 ft) from the runway. The airplane broke up and caught fire. There were 8 fatalities (4 of them were crew) out of 27 occupants. The aircraft was written off (damaged beyond repair).
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