1976 Anapa mid-air collision

1976 Anapa mid-air collision

Memorial to the victims of the accident
Accident
Date	9 September 1976 (1976-09-09)
Summary	Mid-air collision caused by ATC error
Site	Black Sea, 37 km (23 mi; 20 nmi) south of Anapa, Krasnodar 44°33′7″N 37°18′18″E / 44.55194°N 37.30500°E / 44.55194; 37.30500
Total fatalities	70 (all)
Total survivors	0
First aircraft
An Aeroflot Antonov An-24RV, similar to the one involved
Type	Antonov An-24RV
Operator	Aeroflot
Registration	CCCP-46518
Flight origin	Gomel Airport, Belorussian SSR
Stopover	Donetsk Airport, Ukrainian SSR
Destination	Sochi Airport, Russian SFSR
Passengers	47
Crew	5
Fatalities	52 (all)
Survivors	0
Second aircraft
An Aeroflot Yakolev Yak-40, similar to the one involved
Type	Yakovlev Yak-40
Operator	Aeroflot
Registration	CCCP-87772
Flight origin	Rostov-on-Don Airport, Russian SFSR
Destination	Kerch Airport, Ukrainian SSR
Passengers	14
Crew	4
Fatalities	18 (all)
Survivors	0

The 1976 Anapa mid-air collision was the collision of Aeroflot Flight 7957 (an Antonov An-24RV) and Aeroflot Flight S-31 (a Yakovlev Yak-40) on 9 September 1976, off the coast of Anapa in the Soviet Union. All 70 people on the two aircraft were killed in the crash. The primary cause of the accident was determined to be error by the air traffic controller; investigators never recovered the fuselage of the Yak-40.^[1]