Aden - Karachi - Tashkent

On August 4, 1984 at 12:00 AM, Aden - Karachi - Tashkent experienced a crash involving Antonov AN-12, operated by Soviet Navy - Voyenno-morskoy flot CCCP, with the event recorded near Nawabshah Sindh (<U+0633><U+0646><U+068C> <U+0633><U+0646><U+062F><U+06BE>).

The flight was categorized as military and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

24 people were known to be on board, 24 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 9, crew fatalities: 9, passengers on board: 15, passenger fatalities: 15, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. The four engine aircraft was completing a military/cargo flight from Aden to Tashkent with an intermediate stop in Karachi. On the leg from Karachi to Tashkent, while cruising at an altitude of 5,500 meters, weather conditions deteriorated and the aircraft entered an area of hailstorm with severe turbulences. All four engine lost power and the crew was forced to shut down the engine n°1 and 3 while the engine n°2 and 4 were reduced to idle. The crew then initiated an emergency descent when the aircraft partially disintegrated in the air and crashed. It was determined that excessive g-loads caused several parts to detach during the emergency descent.

Aircraft reference details include registration CCCP-10232, MSN 3 3 411 07, year of manufacture 1963.