Incident Overview
Date: Wednesday 1 April 1970
Aircraft Type: Antonov An-24B
Owner/operator: Aeroflot, West Siberia Civil Aviation Directorate
Registration Number: CCCP-47751
Location: 20 km SE of Toguchin, Novosibirsk region –
ÿ Russia
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 45 / Occupants: 45
Component Affected: Nose section of the aircraftNose section of the aircraft
Category: Accident
An Antonov 24B aircraft operated by Aeroflot crashed near Toguchin, Novosibirsk Region, Russia, resulting in the deaths of 40 passengers and five crew members. The flight, departing from Novosibirsk (OVB) at 03:42 to Krasnoyarsk (KJA), encountered a radiosonde weather balloon. The nose section was severed, and the aircraft entered an uncontrolled descent, leading to disintegration and fire. Parts fell onto farmland.An Antonov 24B aircraft operated by Aeroflot crashed near Toguchin, Novosibirsk Region, Russia, resulting in the deaths of 40 passengers and five crew members. The flight, departing from Novosibirsk (OVB) at 03:42 to Krasnoyarsk (KJA), encountered a radiosonde weather balloon. The nose section was severed, and the aircraft entered an uncontrolled descent, leading to disintegration and fire. Parts fell onto farmland.
Description
An Antonov 24B operated by Aeroflot was destroyed when it crashed near Toguchin, Novosibirsk Region, Russia. All 40 passengers and five crew members were killed in the accident. Aeroflot flight 1661 took off from Novosibirsk (OVB) at 03:42 on a domestic flight to Krasnoyarsk (KJA). At 04:07, at an altitude of 5400 metres, the airplane collided with a radiosonde weather balloon of the Hydrometeorological Service. The nose section of the plane was severed and the An-24 entered an uncontrolled descent. At an altitude of 2000 metres the airplane started to disintegrate. Parts of the aircraft caught fire and fell on farm land. A youth ice hockey team, flying to a game in the Golden Puck tournament, died in the crash.
Source of Information
https://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.phphttps://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.phpPrimary Cause
Collision with a radiosonde weather balloon.Collision with a radiosonde weather balloon.Share on:
