Tallin – Lviv – Chisinau

On May 3, 1985 at 12:13 PM, Tallin – Lviv – Chisinau experienced a crash involving Tupolev TU-134, operated by Aeroflot - Russian International Airlines, with the event recorded near Zolochiv Lviv Oblast.

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

79 people were known to be on board, 79 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 7, crew fatalities: 7, passengers on board: 72, passenger fatalities: 72, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. Following an uneventful flight from Tallin, the aircraft entered the TMA of Lviv and was cleared to descend from 4,800 meters to 4,200 meters. The crew was informed about the presence of an Antonov AN-26 that took off from Lviv-Sknyliv Airport at 1202LT and was climbing to 3,900 meters. En route to Moscow, the AN-26 was carrying 15 people, most of them officers from the Carpathian Military contingent. At 1212LT, the crew of the TU-134 was cleared to continue to descend below 4,200 meters. One minute later, while cruising in clouds at an altitude of 3,900 meters, both aircraft collided, entered a dive and crashed in an open field located near the city of Zolochiv, about 60 km east of Lviv. Both aircraft were totally destroyed and all 94 occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration CCCP-65856, MSN 23253, year of manufacture 1975.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 50.0719°, 25.1474°.