26 Mar Antonov An-2R – CCCP-32515 The overloaded An-2 was damaged beyond repair in an accident near Mary. Continue reading
26 Mar Ilyushin Il-18 – While en route between Ashgabat and Mineralnye Vody, a passenger hijacked the aircraft, demanding to be flown to Tehran, Iran. He threa... Continue reading
26 Mar Ilyushin Il-14LIK – CCCP-61756 The navaids calibration aircraft continued visual flight in instrument conditions. It struck a mountain in clouds. Continue reading
26 Mar Yakovlev Yak-40 – CCCP-87323 During a night time approach to Krasnovodsk Airport, the Yak-40 entered an area with a strong downdraught (at least 5 m/s). The aircraf... Continue reading
26 Mar Lisunov Li-2 – CCCP-L4278 The aircraft operated on a flight from Ashgabat to Tashauz when the left wing burst into flames on final approach to Tashauz. The aircr... Continue reading
26 Mar Junkers Ju-52/3m – CCCP-L35 A Junkers Ju-52/3m operated by Aeroflot's Turkmenistan division, crashed following the failure of the left part of the horizontal stabi... Continue reading
26 Mar Lisunov Li-2 – CCCP-L4131 Prior to departure of the flight from Chardzou (now Trkmenabat) to Urgench, the captain was observed consuming multiple glasses of vod... Continue reading
26 Mar Junkers Ju-52/3m – CCCP-L41 Force-landed after one engine failed. The Ju-52 operated on a positioning flight from Ashkhabad to Alma-Ata for overhaul by ARM-405. Wh... Continue reading
26 Mar Tupolev G-2 – CCCP-L2010 Shortly after take-off from Chardzou (now named Turkmenabat), as the captain lost spatial orientation and did not listen to the warning... Continue reading
26 Mar Tupolev G-2 – CCCP-L1996 The aircraft operated on a cargo flight from Taskhent to Ashkhabad at night in support of the Central Asian Military District. The flig... Continue reading