ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 301267
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| Date: | Thursday 12 October 1989 |
| Time: | 19:30 |
| Type: |  Sukhoi Su-24 |
| Owner/operator: | 34 BAP Soviet Air Force |
| Registration: | - |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kirovabad Air Base -
 Azerbaijan
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Kirovabad Air Base |
| Kirovabad Air Base |
The An-12BP CCCP-11229 transport plane was being refueled at Kirovabad Air Base (now Ganja International Airport, UBBG) at night when it was hit by a Sukhoi Su-24 of 34 BAP which was taking off from a taxiway by mistake. Both aircraft burnt out.
Four of the 7 crew members of the An-12 and two soldiers on the ground were killed.
Colonel Y.A. Grigoriev (Pilot) was killed. Capitan Andrey Gorodchukov ejected safely.
Sources:
https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19891012-0
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganja_International_Airport
http://war.airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=30
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Nov-2022 19:11 | JF | Added |
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