Talas - Frunze

On June 28, 1969 at 07:50 PM, Talas - Frunze experienced a crash involving Ilyushin II-14, operated by Aeroflot - Russian International Airlines, with the event recorded near Talas Talas Province.

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

40 people were known to be on board, 40 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: 35, passenger fatalities: 35, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. After takeoff from Talas Airport, the pilot-in-command initiated a turn to the right heading 270° instead to the left as in the published procedures. Six minutes later, ATC transmitted several instructions but nothing concerning the track deviation. While climbing to an altitude of 3,150 meters in clouds, the airplane struck the slope of a rocky mountain and crashed 39 km from the airport. The wreckage was found few hours later and all 40 occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration CCCP-91495, MSN 7 34 33 06, year of manufacture 1957.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 42.7820°, 71.5846°.