ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 330192
| Date: | Friday 11 May 1973 |
| Time: | 04:37 |
| Type: |  Ilyushin Il-18B |
| Owner/operator: | Aeroflot / Azerbaijan |
| Registration: | CCCP-75687 |
| MSN: | 189001202 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1959 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 21663 hours |
| Cycles: | 11787 flights |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 63 / Occupants: 63 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 84 km S of Semipalatinsk -
 Kazakhstan
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Tashkent Airport (TAS/UTTT) |
| Novosibirsk-Severny (North) Airport (UNCC) |
An Il-18 passenger plane CCCP-75687, was destroyed in an accident 84 km south of Semipalatinsk. All 55 passengers and eight crew members were killed.
Aeroflot Flight 6551 departed Tashkent Airport (TAS) at 23:25 Moscow time on May 10. The airplane was bound for Novosibirsk-Severny (North) Airport.
The airplane climbed to the cruising altitude of 9000 m. At 01:22 the flight descended to 7800 metres. About 01:37 Moscow time (04:37 local time), the flight disappeared from radar. Burning wreckage was located in the steppe 84 km south of Semipalatinsk. The outer parts of the right wing and the left stabiliser as well as parts of the right stabiliser were found at a distance of some 3.5 km from the crash site.
It was established that the airplane had disintegrated in midair possibly during an emergency descent. The reason for the emergency descent could not be established.
Suddenly aircraft entered a rapid descent. It broke up at an altitude of 5000 m and crashed.
Sources:
Soviet Transports
airdisaster.ru
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|
The Aviation Safety Network is an exclusive service provided by:
Quick Links:
| ASN Home | Send Correction / Feedback |
| FSF Home | Disclaimer | Copyright |
| Contact Us | Privacy Policy |
| Press / Media |
CONNECT WITH US:
©2024 Flight Safety Foundation