Incident Overview
Date: Monday 24 August 1981
Aircraft Type: Antonov An-24RV
Owner/operator: Aeroflot, Far East Civil Aviation Directorate
Registration Number: CCCP-46653
Location: 70 km E of Zavitinsk –
ÿ Russia
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 31 / Occupants: 32
Component Affected: Tupolev 16K aircraftTupolev 16K aircraft
Category: Accident
On December 24, 2024, an aviation incident occurred when Antonov 24 CCCP-46653, a passenger aircraft, collided with a Soviet Air Force Tupolev 16K aircraft near Komsomol’sk-na-Amure Airport. The aircraft was en route from Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Airport (UUS) to Blagoveshchensk Airport (BQS) via Komsomol’sk-na-Amure Airport (KXK). The collision resulted in the destruction of the Antonov and its occupants, with one passenger, Larissa Savizkaja, surviving and being found in a forest three days later. The Tupolev aircraft, serving as a support aircraft for two military weather research planes, also crashed.On December 24, 2024, an aviation incident occurred when Antonov 24 CCCP-46653, a passenger aircraft, collided with a Soviet Air Force Tupolev 16K aircraft near Komsomol’sk-na-Amure Airport. The aircraft was en route from Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Airport (UUS) to Blagoveshchensk Airport (BQS) via Komsomol’sk-na-Amure Airport (KXK). The collision resulted in the destruction of the Antonov and its occupants, with one passenger, Larissa Savizkaja, surviving and being found in a forest three days later. The Tupolev aircraft, serving as a support aircraft for two military weather research planes, also crashed.
Description
Antonov 24 CCCP-46653 operated on a domestic passenger flight from Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Airport (UUS) to Blagoveshchensk Airport (BQS) via Komsomol’sk-na-Amure Airport (KXK). The flight had departed Komsomol’sk-na-Amure at 07:56 and was en route to Blagoveshchensk at FL170 when it collided in mid air with a Soviet Air Force Tupolev 16K (msn 6203106). The Antonov disintegrated and crashed. One passenger, 20 year old Larissa Savizkaja survived the crash and was found in a forest 3 days later. The Tupolev, which acted as a support aircraft for two military weather research planes, also crashed. The collision was said to have been caused by poor coordination between the civilian and military air traffic controllers.
Source of Information
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Poor coordination between civilian and military air traffic controllers.Poor coordination between civilian and military air traffic controllers.Share on:
