Aeroflot Flight 418

Aeroflot Flight 418

An Aeroflot Tu-154 similar to the one involved in the accident (1978)
Accident summary
Date	June 1, 1976 (1976-06-01)
Type	Controlled flight into terrain[dubious – discuss]
Site	Bioko, Equatorial Guinea 3°30′N 8°42′E / 3.5°N 8.7°E / 3.5; 8.7Coordinates: 3°30′N 8°42′E / 3.5°N 8.7°E / 3.5; 8.7
Passengers	42
Crew	4
Fatalities	46
Aircraft type	Tupolev Tu-154A
Operator	Aeroflot
Tail number	CCCP-85102
Flight origin	Quatro de Fevereiro Airport, Luanda, Angola
Destination	Sheremetyevo International Airport, Moscow, Soviet Union

Aeroflot Flight 418 refers to a Tupolev Tu-154A, registration CCCP-85102, that was operating the first leg of an international scheduled Luanda–Malabo–Kinshasa–Tripoli–Moscow passenger service under the airline's International Civil Aviation Directorate, and crashed on 1 June 1976.^[1]

Description

The aircraft was en route from Quatro de Fevereiro Airport to Malabo International Airport, when it struck a mountain 750 metres (2,460 ft) high at Bioko, Equatorial Guinea.^[1] Initial reports claiming that there were 46 people aboard were later confirmed, with the aircraft actually having 42 passengers and a crew of four on board; all of them perished in the accident.^[2][3]

See also

• Soviet Union portal
• Aviation portal
• Aeroflot accidents and incidents in the 1970s

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 7 September 2011.
2. ^ "AEROFLOT KNOWN ACCIDENT RECORD 1966-76" (PDF). Flight International: 1695. 11 December 1976. http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1976/1976%20-%202908.html. Retrieved 9 March 2012. 
3. ^ "Public-transport accidents" (PDF). Flight International: 1547. 12 June 1976. http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1976/1976%20-%200987.html. Retrieved 7 September 2011. "An Aeroflot Tu-154 is missing on a flight from Luanda to Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, as we go to press. It is reported to be carrying a total of 46 crew and passengers."