1993 Tajikistan Airlines Yakovlev Yak-40 crash

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1993 aviation accident in Tajikistan

1993 Tajikistan Airlines Yakovlev Yak-40 crash
Accident
Tajikistan Airlines Yakovlev Yak-40, similar to that involved in the accident
Date	28 August 1993 (1993-08-28)
Summary	Excess takeoff weight, runway overrun
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Yakovlev Yak-40
Operator	Tajikistan Airlines
Registration	EY-87995
Flight origin	Khorog Airport, Khorog
Destination	Dushanbe Airport, Dushanbe
Occupants	86
Passengers	81
Crew	5
Fatalities	82
Survivors	4

On 28 August 1993 a non-scheduled domestic passenger flight operated by Tajikistan Airlines and served by a Yakovlev Yak-40 crashed during takeoff at Khorog Airport, killing 82 people on board (including 14 children). Militants during the civil war in Tajikistan forced the crew to take more passengers than the aircraft was able to carry, which led to an excess takeoff weight. Unable to take off, the aircraft overran the runway at high speed, struck several obstacles and fell into the Panj River.

The crash remains the deadliest accident involving a Yakovlev Yak-40 and the deadliest aviation accident in Tajikistan.

Crash

During boarding at the Tajik city of Khorog the militants, controlling the adjacent area during the civil war, threatened the crew with weapons and forced it to take 81 passengers, while the aircraft was designed to carry only 28. This led the maximum takeoff weight to be exceeded by 3,000 kg.

The crew was forced to take off under the threat of shooting. The left main landing gear struck a low earth embankment, 148 or 150 m beyond the runway end. Then the aircraft struck a boulder 60 cm high. Subsequently, the right gear struck a concrete pillbox 60 m further. The aircraft ultimately fell into the Panj River and disintegrated. Four passengers survived.

References

^ "Crash of a Yakovlev Yak-40 in Khorugh: 82 killed". B3A Archives.
^ "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 27 May 2014.

v t e Aviation accidents and incidents in 1993 (1993)
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1992 ◄ ► 1994

Aviation accidents and incidents in 1993 (1993)

Jan 6 Lufthansa Cityline Flight 5634Feb 8 Tehran mid-air collisionFeb 11 Lufthansa Flight 592Mar 5 Palair Macedonian Airlines Flight 301Mar 31 Japan Air Lines Cargo Flight 46EApr 1 Alan Kulwicki Swearingen crashApr 6 China Eastern Airlines Flight 583Apr 14 American Airlines Flight 102Apr 18 Japan Air System Flight 451Apr 24 Indian Airlines Flight 427Apr 26 Indian Airlines Flight 491Apr 27 Zambia national football team plane crashMay 19 SAM Colombia Flight 501Jul 1 Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 724Jul 23 China Northwest Airlines Flight 2119Jul 26 Asiana Airlines Flight 733Jul 31 Everest Air Dornier 228 crashAug 12 Llyn Padarn helicopter crashAug 18 American International Airways Flight 808Aug 26 Sakha Avia Flight 301Aug 28 Khorog Tajikistan Airlines Yakovlev Yak-40 crashSep 14 Lufthansa Flight 2904Sep 21 Sukhumi airliners attacksOct 26 China Eastern Airlines Flight 5398Oct 27 Widerøe Flight 744Nov 4 China Airlines Flight 605Nov 13 China Northern Airlines Flight 6901Nov 20 Avioimpex Flight 110Nov 26 Auckland mid-air collisionDec 1 Northwest Airlink Flight 5719Dec 26 Kuban Airlines Flight 5719

1992 ◄ ► 1994

v t e Aviation accidents and incidents in Tajikistan
Tajik SSR	Aeroflot Flight 630 (February 1973) Aeroflot Flight Sh-88 (June 1980)
Tajikistan	Tajikistan Airlines Yakovlev Yak-40 crash (August 1993) Tajik National Guard Mi-8 crash (October 2010)
This includes accidents in the Tajik SSR and post-independence Tajikistan

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