Aeroflot Flight 75
Yakovlev Yak-40 · Cargo hatch opened mid-flight
From Rostov-on-Don Airport, Rostov-on-Don, RSFSR to Mykolaiv International Airport [CLOSED] (NLV)
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
- 2 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- Unknown
- Occupants
- 22
- Survivors
- 20
- 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
- 0
- 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
- Airline
Yakovlev Yak-40
- Aircraft type
- Yakovlev YAK-40
- 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-87948
- Operator
- Aeroflot
- Onboard fatalities
- 2
- Route
- From Rostov-on-Don Airport, Rostov-on-Don, RSFSRTo Mykolaiv International Airport [CLOSED] (NLV)
Cause areas
- Personnel issues › Task performance
From the investigation findings the Wikipedia article reports, sorted into the NTSB's cause areas with AI assistance.
Not plotted · Not plotted: the Wikipedia article gives no coordinates, and its site names no town or airport that matches exactly.
From the Wikipedia article
On October 13, 1977, a Yakovlev Yak-40 operating as Aeroflot Flight 75 had its cargo hatch opened mid-flight, resulting in 2 people being killed.
Accident
The aircraft took off from Rostov-on-Don Airport en route to Mykolaiv Airport. During the cruise phase, the cargo hatch opened unexpectedly, resulting in the ejection of items from seats 2A, 2B, 3A, and 3B. In this incident, a mother and her child were ejected from the aircraft and did not survive, while a male passenger managed to hold on to his seat with the assistance of other passengers. “The flight then returned to Rostov-on-Don Airport for an emergency landing. The man was compensated 100 rubles for his clothes.
Investigation and cause
Investigation
An investigation commission concluded that the incident occurred because the flight engineer failed to secure the cargo hatch prior to the commencement of the passenger flight
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Sources
Wikipedia article: Aeroflot Flight 75
- Article
- Aeroflot Flight 75
- Revision
- 1371459097 · 2026-08-26 · retrieved 2026-09-18
- Wikidata
- Q16662615
- Licence
- Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Where each value comes from
- Record
- Wikipedia article "Aeroflot Flight 75" (page 79239795, revision 1371459097)
- Date
- Wikipedia infobox: date
- Place and country
- Wikipedia infobox: site
- Map position
- none
- Aircraft, operator and route
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
- Operation
- flight number in the article title
- Fatalities
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities
- 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.