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1985 Zolochiv mid-air collision

3 May 1985 · Near Zolochiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union

Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-134A and Soviet Air Force Antonov An-26 · Mid-air collision involving ATC errors

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Event

Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
Accident
Event fatalities
94 · all aircraft and ground
Ground fatalities
Unknown
Occupants
Unknown
Survivors
0
InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
Unknown
OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
Military

Aircraft 1 · Tupolev Tu-134A

Aircraft type
Tupolev TU-134
Category
Airplane · from aircraft type
RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
CCCP-65856
Operator
Aeroflot
Onboard fatalities
79
Occupants
Not stated
Survivors
0
InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
None · no survivors
Route
From Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport (TLL)To Chişinău, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union

Aircraft 2 · Antonov An-26

Aircraft type
Antonov AN-26
Category
Airplane · from aircraft type
RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
101 red (call-sign CCCP-26492)
Onboard fatalities
15
Occupants
Not stated
Survivors
0
InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
None · no survivors
Route
From not recordedTo not recorded

Approximate · Coordinates from the Wikipedia article; not checked against an investigation report.

From the Wikipedia article

The 1985 Zolochiv mid-air collision occurred on 3 May 1985 between Aeroflot Flight 8381 (Tu-134) and a Soviet Air Force An-26.

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Sources

Wikipedia article: 1985 Zolochiv mid-air collision
Article
1985 Zolochiv mid-air collision
Revision
1366138475 · 2026-07-26 · retrieved 2026-09-18
Wikidata
Q2948131
Licence
Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
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Record
Wikipedia article "1985 Zolochiv mid-air collision" (page 15577113, revision 1366138475)
Date
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Place and country
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Map position
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Aircraft, operator and route
Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
Operation
operator named as an armed force or military unit in the infobox
Fatalities
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Ground fatalities
not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
Summary
Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (1)
  • Wikipedia · Facts from the Wikipedia article's infobox and coordinates, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.