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Aeroflot Flight 5463
Aeroflot Flight 5463 was a Soviet domestic passenger flight from Chelyabinsk to Almaty which crashed on 30 August 1983 while approaching Almaty. The Tupolev Tu-134A collided with the western slope of Dolan Mountain at an altitude of . As a result of the accident, all ninety people on board were killed. Crew error was cited as the cause of the accident.
Accident.
Having received the information about the aircraft's location, air traffic control (ATC) gave an erroneous instruction to turn. The crew also mistakenly
the crash was slow to spread due to difficulties in reaching the remote crash site. Although the cause of the crash was never publicly released, pilot error compounded by fatigue is suspected. A high-level delegation of Guinean government officials traveled to North Korea shortly after the crash to deliver official condolences to Kim Il Sung.
See also.
- Eastern Air Lines Flight 980
- Aeroflot Flight 498
- Aeroflot Flight 5463
- Thai Airways International Flight 311