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Aeroflot Flight 418

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Template:Infobox Aircraft occurrence Aeroflot Flight 418 was an international passenger service operating between Luanda and Sheremetyevo International Airport in Moscow, with three scheduled intermediate landings. On 1 June 1976, during the initial segment of the journey, the Tupolev Tu-154A bearing registration CCCP-85102 crashed into Mount San Carlos on Bioko Island while en route. The accident resulted in the loss of all 46 individuals aboard.

The official inquiry conducted by the investigation committee was unable to definitively determine the cause of the accident; however, it indicated that a failure of the aircraft's onboard radar system likely contributed to the crash.[1]

Aircraft

The aircraft involved was a newly manufactured "Tupolev Tu-154A," produced in 1975 at the Kuibyshev Aviation Plant (now Aviakor) located in Samara. It carried the registration CCCP-85102 and had a serial number of 75A102.[1][2] At the time of the incident, this particular airframe had logged a total of 2,119 flight hours and completed 1,069 cycles.[1]

Passengers and crew

Onboard were 36 passengers accompanied by 10 crew members.[lower-alpha 1][2][3] Among the passengers, there were reportedly 32 Angolans,[7] although some sources vary slightly on this figure. For example, one report indicated there were 36 Angolan passengers alongside thirteen Russians, while another source noted thirty-one Angolan travelers.[2] Among these were twenty wounded soldiers en route to medical treatment in the Soviet Union; most remaining passengers were students, including one Hungarian and three Soviet nationals.[3][8][6]

The flight crew consisted of ten personnel,[3] which included four flight attendants from the Soviet Union. The crew was characterized as "experienced" by Russian Planet [ru].[2]

Description

While flying from Quatro de Fevereiro Airport to Malabo International Airport, the aircraft collided with a mountain approximately 750 metres (2,460 ft) tall on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.[9] This tragic incident resulted in the loss of all 42 passengers and 4 crew members aboard.[5][4]

Investigation

Although the official inquiry was unable to establish a definitive cause, investigators considered that a malfunction of the aircraft’s MSRP-12 radar system might have contributed to the crew losing awareness of their exact location.Template:Fix/category[citation needed]

See also

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Notes

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named :1
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  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Public-transport accidents". Flight International: 1547. 12 June 1976. Archived from the original on 6 November 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2012. An Aeroflot Tu-154 is missing on a flight from Luanda to Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, as we go to press. It is reported to be carrying a total of 46 crew and passengers.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Aeroflot known accident record 1966–76". Flight International: 1695. 11 December 1976. Archived from the original on 6 November 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Oberg
  7. ↑ "Wreckage Of Missing Jet Reported Found In Equatorial Guinea". Reuters. Toledo Blade. 16 June 1976. p. 27. Retrieved 26 March 2025 – via Google News Archive.
  8. ↑ "Soviet Jet Crashes; 46 Aboard". The Associated Press. The Press-Courier. 4 June 1976. p. 3. Retrieved 26 March 2025 – via Google News Archive.
  9. ↑ Template:ASN accident

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