Aeroflot Flight 418
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- Mount San Carlos, Bioko, Equatorial Guinea
- 3°30′N 8°42′E / 3.500°N 8.700°E
 An Aeroflot Tu-154, similar to the one involved in the accident. | |
| Accident | |
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| Date | 1 June 1976 |
| Summary | Inconclusive (possibly due to radar failure) |
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| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Tupolev Tu-154A |
| Operator | Aeroflot |
| Registration | CCCP-85102 |
| Flight origin | Quatro de Fevereiro Airport, Luanda, Angola |
| Stopover | Malabo International Airport, Bioko, Equatorial Guinea |
| 1st stopover | N'Djamena International Airport, Chad |
| Last stopover | Tripoli International Airport, Libya |
| Destination | Sheremetyevo International Airport, Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Occupants | 46 |
| Passengers | 36 |
| Crew | 10 |
| Fatalities | 46 |
| Survivors | 0 |
Aeroflot Flight 418 was an international passenger flight from Luanda to Moscow Sheremetyevo with three intermediate stops. On 1 June 1976, the Tupolev Tu-154A (CCCP-85102) operating the first leg of the flight, collided with Mount San Carlos of Bioko Island while en route. All 46 occupants on board were killed as a result of the crash.
An investigation made by the commission was unable to conclude the cause of the crash but stated that the crash was due to radar failure on board the aircraft.[1]
The aircraft involved, manufactured in 1975 at the Kuibyshev Aviation Plant, Samara, was a "brand new" Tupolev Tu-154A registered CCCP-85102 with MSN 75A102.[1][2] At the time of the accident, the aircraft had accumulated 2,119 hours and 1,069 cycles.[1]
Passengers and crew
There were 36 passengers and 10 crew members on board the aircraft.[a][2][3] The 36 passengers included 32 Angolans,[b] 20 of whom were wounded soldiers going to the Soviet Union for treatment and the rest were mostly students, one Hungarian and three Soviets.[3][8][6]
There were 10 crew members on board the flight,[3] including four Soviet flight attendants. The flight crew was described as "experienced" by Russian Planet.[2]
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.[9] All 42 passengers and 4 crew perished.[5][4]
Investigation
The cause of the accident could not be determined, but the investigation commission suspected a possible failure of the MSRP-12 radar on the aircraft may have led the crew to be unaware of their position.[citation needed]
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