Aeroflot Flight 505

Aeroflot Flight 505
Accident summary
An Aeroflot, Yak-40, similar to the one involved.
Date	Jan 16, 1987
Summary	Wake vortex encounter leading to crash
Site	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Passengers	5
Crew	4
Fatalities	9 (all)
Injuries (non-fatal)	0
Survivors	0
Aircraft type	Yakovlev Yak-40
Operator	Aeroflot
Registration	CCCP-87618
Flight origin	Tashkent Airport, Uzbekistan
Destination	Shahrisabz, Uzbekistan

Aeroflot Flight 505 crashed after take-off in Tashkent. Flight 505 was an early morning flight from Tashkent to Shahrisabz, both in the Uzbek SSR, now Uzbekistan. The flight took off just one and a half minutes after an Ilyushin Il-76, encountering its wake vortex. The Yakovlev Yak-40 then banked sharply to the right, struck the ground, and caught fire. All 9 people on board died.^[1]

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↑ ASN aircraft accident Yakovlev Yak-40

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Aeroflot Flight 505

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