Kabul – Termez – Tashkent

On December 13, 1959 at 09:28 AM, Kabul – Termez – Tashkent experienced a crash involving Ilyushin II-14, operated by Aeroflot - Russian International Airlines, with the event recorded near Boysun Surxondaryo Province (Surxondaryo viloyati).

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

30 people were known to be on board, 30 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 5, passengers on board: 25, passenger fatalities: 25, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. At 0927LT, while cruising at an altitude of 3,600 meters, the radio operator informed ATC he was cruising under VFR and spotted Derbent. A minute later, while in clouds, the airplane struck the southeast slope of Mt Kushtang located about 27 km northeast of Boysun. SAR operations were conducted but eventually suspended few days later as no trace of the aircraft nor the 30 occupants was found. All operations were abandoned one month later. The accident was officially announced by the Soviet Authorities on 19JAN1960. On 02JUN1960, alpinists found the wreckage of the airplane in a rocky and craggy area at an altitude of 3,501 meters. Among the passengers were two Chinese and three Germans, the rest of the passengers being Soviet soldiers and members of their families.

Aircraft reference details include registration CCCP-91577, MSN 1470 014 16, year of manufacture 17.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 38.2109°, 67.2081°.