Tashkent - Samarkand

On February 6, 1970 at 03:42 PM, Tashkent - Samarkand experienced a crash involving Ilyushin II-18, operated by Aeroflot - Russian International Airlines, with the event recorded near Samarkand Samarkand Province (Samarqand viloyati).

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a mountains crash site.

106 people were known to be on board, 92 fatalities were recorded, 14 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 86.8%.

Crew on board: 8, crew fatalities: 7, passengers on board: 98, passenger fatalities: 85, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. Following an uneventful flight from Tashkent at an altitude of 5,100 meters, the crew was cleared to descent to 2,700 then 2,400 meters. While approaching Samarkand Airport, the crew encountered poor visibility with low clouds. At an altitude of 1,500 meters, in a nose-down attitude of 16° and at a speed of 380 km/h, the airplane struck the slope of a mountain located 32 km northeast of the airport. The copilot and 13 passengers were rescued while 92 other occupants were killed. The aircraft was destroyed upon impact.

Aircraft reference details include registration CCCP-75798, MSN 182 0043 03, year of manufacture 1962.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 39.6561°, 66.9715°.