Incident Overview
Date: Tuesday 28 October 1980
Aircraft Type: Antonov An-12B
Owner/operator: Aeroflot, International Civil Aviation Directorate
Registration Number: CCCP-11104
Location: 25 km SE of Kabul Airport (KBL) –
ÿ Afghanistan
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Component Affected: Aircraft engine and control systems.Aircraft engine and control systems.
Category: Accident
A Aeroflot flight 1531 experienced a significant incident during its flight to Kabul. The aircraft descended below minimum safe altitude in poor weather, resulting in a crash into Mount Wais-e Qarni Baba. The wreckage was discovered on November 4, 1980.A Aeroflot flight 1531 experienced a significant incident during its flight to Kabul. The aircraft descended below minimum safe altitude in poor weather, resulting in a crash into Mount Wais-e Qarni Baba. The wreckage was discovered on November 4, 1980.
Description
Aeroflot flight 1531 departed Sofia on a flight to Kabul with intermediate stops at Mineralnye Vody and Tashkent. On the last leg of the flight, while on approach to Kabul, the crew descended below minimum safe altitude in poor weather. The An-12 crashed into Mount Wais-e Qarni Baba. The wreck was located November 4, 1980.
Source of Information
https://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.phphttps://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.phpPrimary Cause
Poor weather conditions and descent below minimum safe altitude.Poor weather conditions and descent below minimum safe altitude.Share on:
