Aeroflot Flight A-53

Aeroflot Flight A-53Friday August 15, 1975
The plane descended below the glidepath and crashed. Windshear.

Crash Details

DateFriday August 15, 1975
LocationKrasnovodsk, USSR
Passengers34
Crew4
Fatalities23
Survivors15
Aircraft TypeYakovlev YAK-40
OperatorAeroflot
RegistrationCCCP-87323
Flight Origin
Flight Destination
Krasnovodsk, USSR
Aeroflot
Yakovlev YAK-40
1975