Aeroflot Flight 505
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| Accident summary | |
|---|---|
| Date | Jan 16, 1987 |
| Summary | Wake vortex encounter leading to crash |
| Site | Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
| Passengers | 5 |
| Crew | 4 |
| Injuries (non-fatal) | 0 |
| Fatalities | 9 (all) |
| Survivors | 0 |
| Aircraft type | Yakovlev Yak-40 |
| Operator | Aeroflot |
| Registration | CCCP-87618 |
| Flight origin | Tashkent Airport, Uzbekistan |
| Destination | Shahrisabz, Uzbekistan |
Aeroflot Flight 505 crashed after take-off in Tashkent. Flight 505 was an early morning flight from Tashkent to Shahrisabz, both in the Uzbek SSR, now Uzbekistan. The flight took off just one and a half minutes after an Ilyushin Il-76, encountering its wake vortex. The Yakovlev Yak-40 then banked sharply to the right, struck the ground, and caught fire. All 9 people on board died.[1]
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