Aeroflot Flight 418 was an international passenger flight operated by a Tupolev Tu-154A, registered CCCP-85102, that was operating the second leg of a scheduled Luanda–Malabo–N'Djamena–Tripoli–Moscow passenger service. The plane crashed on into a mountain near Malabo Airport on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea 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] All 42 passengers and 4 crew perished.[2][3]

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.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 7 September 2011.
  2. ^ "Aeroflot known accident record 1966–76". Flight International: 1695. 11 December 1976. Archived from the original on 6 November 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
  3. ^ "Public-transport accidents". Flight International: 1547. 12 June 1976. Archived from the original on 6 November 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2012. 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.