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1985 Zolochiv mid-air collision
Accident
Date	3 May 1985
Summary	Mid-air collision involving ATC errors
Site	Near Zolochiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Total fatalities	94
Total survivors	0
First aircraft
A Tu-134 similar to the one that crashed
Type	Tupolev Tu-134A
Operator	Aeroflot
Registration	CCCP-65856
Flight origin	Tallinn Airport, Estonian SSR, Soviet Union
Stopover	Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Destination	Chişinău, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union
Passengers	73
Crew	6
Fatalities	79
Survivors	0
Second aircraft
An Antonov An-26 similar to the one that crashed.
Type	Antonov An-26
Operator	Soviet Air Force
Registration	CCCP-26492 (101 red)
Passengers	9
Crew	6
Fatalities	15
Survivors	0

The 1985 Zolochiv mid-air collision occurred on 3 May 1985 between Aeroflot Flight 8381 (Tu-134) and Soviet Air Force Flight 101 (An-26).

History

Aeroflot Flight 8381, a scheduled flight of a twin-engine Tupolev Tu-134 that departed Tallinn Airport in Estonian SSR, Soviet Union, at 10:38 am on 3 May 1985, for Chişinău in Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union making a stopover at Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union. While descending to Lviv in overcast weather, it collided at 12:13 with Soviet Air Force Flight 101 which had just taken off from Lviv. The collision occurred at an altitude of 13,000 feet (4,000 m) (flight level 130). Both aircraft lost their right wings and tails, went out of control and crashed about one or two minutes later near the village of Zolochiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union, killing all 94 people on both aircraft.^[1]^[2]

Civil and military air traffic controllers mislocated both aircraft involved, leading to violations of air traffic control rules. Among the victims of the disaster were graphics artist Alexander Aksinin, the young Estonian table-tennis player Alari Lindmäe (born 15 September 1967) and two generals of the Soviet Army. The captain of the Aeroflot aircraft, Nikolai Dmitrijev (born 18 October 1931), was a Hero of Socialist Labor and one of the Soviet Union's most decorated civil airline pilots.^[3]

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Accidents and
incidents

1950s	Flight 31 (1955) 1957 Kiev mid-air collision Flight 04 Тu-104 Kanash crash Flight 120 Flight 200 Flight 315
1960s	Flight 315 Flight 207 Flight 036 Flight 068 Flight 245 Flight 902 Flight 415 Flight 03 Flight 213 Flight 191 Flight 25 Flight 012 Flight 366 Flight 663 Flight 721 Flight 101/X-20 Flight 542 Flight 513 Flight 99 Flight 065 Flight 2723 Flight 5003 Flight 2230 Flight L-51 Flight 1668 Flight 15 Flight 831 Flight N-826
1970s	Flight U-45 Flight 1661 Flight 3630 CCCP-11000 crash CCCP-12996 crash Flight 1969 Flight 1912 Flight 773 Flight 2174 Flight 1491 Flight 558 Flight 1036 Flight 217 Flight 6263 Flight 141 Flight 630 Flight 6551 Flight 109 Flight A-13 Flight 3932 Flight 964 Flight 19 Flight 2022 CCCP-75559 crash Flight 662 Flight 2003 Flight 3739 Flight 909 Flight 1802 Flight 418 Flights 7957 and 31 (1976) Flight 2415 Flight N-36 Flight 3843 Flight 5003 Flight 331 Flight B-2 Flight 6709 Flight 1080 Flight 1691 Flights 7628 and 7880 Flight 5484
1980s	Flight 4225 Flight 498 Flight 811 Flight 3603 Flight 8641 Flight 411 Flight 343 Flight 5463 Flight 601 Flight 3352 Flight 3519 Flight 7841 1985 Zolochiv mid-air collision Flight 5143 Flight 101/435 Flight 2306 Flight 6502 Flight 892 Flight U-505 Flight N-528 Flight 699 Flight 3739
since 1990s	CCCP-46472 crash Flight 2808 Flight 593 Flight 521 Flight 821 Flight 1492

Aviation accidents and incidents in 1985 (1985)

Aviation accidents and incidents in 1985

Jan 1

Eastern Air Lines Flight 980

Jan 21

Galaxy Airlines Flight 203

Feb 1

Aeroflot Flight 7841

Feb 19

China Airlines Flight 006

Feb 19

Iberia Flight 610

Feb 24

Polar 3

May 3

1985 Zolochiv mid-air collision

Jun 14

Trans World Airlines Flight 847

Jun 21

Braathens SAFE Flight 139

Jun 23

1985 Narita International Airport bombing

Jun 23

Air India Flight 182

Jul 10

Aeroflot Flight 5143

Aug 2

Delta Air Lines Flight 191

Aug 12

Japan Air Lines Flight 123

Aug 22

Manchester Airport disaster

Aug 25

Bar Harbor Airlines Flight 1808

Sep 4

Bakhtar Antonov An-26 shootdown

Sep 6

Midwest Express Airlines Flight 105

Sep 23

Henson Airlines Flight 1517

Nov 10

Teterboro mid-air collision

Nov 23

EgyptAir Flight 648

Nov 25

Aeroflot Antonov An-12 crash

Dec 12

Arrow Air Flight 1285R

Dec 19

Aeroflot Flight 101/435

Dec 31

Ricky Nelson plane crash

1984 ◄ ► 1986

Aviation accidents and incidents in Ukraine

Ukrainian SSR

Aeroflot Flight 315 (November 1959)
Aeroflot Flight 315 (February 1960)
Aeroflot Flight 036 (August 1960)
Aeroflot Flight N-826 (August 1969)
Aeroflot Flight 3630 (September 1970)
Aeroflot Flight 1969 (March 1971)
Malév Flight 110 (September 1971)
Aeroflot Flight N-63 (November 1971)
Aeroflot Flight 1491 (May 1972)
Aeroflot Flight 1802 (May 1976)
Aeroflot Flight N-36 (December 1976)
Dniprodzerzhynsk mid-air collision (August 1979)
Zolochiv mid-air collision (May 1985)
Aeroflot Flight N-528 (June 1987)

Ukraine

Borodianka mid-air collision (February 1995)
Siberia Airlines Flight 1812 (October 2001)
Sknyliv air show disaster (July 2002)
Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Flight 612 (August 2006)
South Airlines Flight 8971 (February 2013)
Ukrainian Air Force Il-76 shootdown (June 2014)
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (July 2014)
Ukraine Air Alliance Flight 4050 (October 2019)
Chuhuiv An-26 crash (September 2020)
Brovary helicopter crash (January 2023)

Aviation accidents and incidents in the Soviet Union

1930s	Osoaviakhim-1 SSSR-V6 Osoaviakhim
1940s	1948 Aeroflot Ilyushin Il-12 crash
1950s	1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash LOT Polish Airlines Flight 232 1957 Kiev mid-air collision Aeroflot Flight 04 1958 Aeroflot Tu-104 Kanash crash Aeroflot Flight 315 (1959) Aeroflot Flight 120 Aeroflot Flight 200
1960s	Aeroflot Flight 315 (1960) U-2 incident Aeroflot Flight 207 RB-47 shootdown incident Aeroflot Flight 036 Austrian Airlines Flight 901 Aeroflot Flight 068 Aeroflot Flight 245 Aeroflot Flight 902 Aeroflot Flight 415 Aeroflot Flight 213 (1962) Aeroflot Flight 191 Aeroflot Flight 03 Aeroflot Flight 25 Aeroflot Flight 012 Aeroflot Flight 366 Aeroflot Flight 663 Aeroflot Flight 721 Aeroflot Flight 101/X-20 Aeroflot Flight 542 Aeroflot Flight 513 Aeroflot Flight 99 Aeroflot Flight 065 Aeroflot Flight 2723 Aeroflot Flight 5003 (1967) Aeroflot Flight 2230 Aeroflot Flight L-51 Aeroflot Flight 15 Seaboard World Airlines Flight 253A 1969 Yukhnov mid-air collision Aeroflot Flight N-826
1970s	Aeroflot Flight U-45 Aeroflot Flight 1661 Dymshits–Kuznetsov hijacking affair Aeroflot Flight 3630 Aeroflot Flight 244 22 January 1971 Surgut Aeroflot Antonov An-12 crash 31 January 1971 Surgut Aeroflot Antonov An-12 crash Aeroflot Flight 1969 Aeroflot Flight 1912 Malév Flight 110 Aeroflot Flight 773 Aeroflot Flight N-63 Aeroflot Flight 2174 Aeroflot Flight 1491 Aeroflot Flight 558 Aeroflot Flight 1036 Aeroflot Flight 217 Japan Air Lines Flight 446 Aeroflot Flight 6263 Aeroflot Flight 141 Aeroflot Flight 630 Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Flight 307 Aeroflot Flight 6551 Aeroflot Flight 109 Aeroflot Flight A-13 Aeroflot Flight 3932 Aeroflot Flight 964 Aeroflot Flight 19 Aeroflot Flight 2022 1974 Leningrad Aeroflot Il-18 crash 1974 Surgut mid-air collision Aeroflot Flight 2003 Aeroflot Flight 3739 (1976) Aeroflot Flight 909 Aeroflot Flight 1802 Aeroflot Flight A-53 Aeroflot Flight 418 1976 Anapa mid-air collision Aeroflot Flight 2415 Aeroflot Flight N-36 Aeroflot Flight 3843 Aeroflot Flight 5003 (1977) 1977 Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-134 hijacking Aeroflot Flight B-2 Aeroflot Flight 6709 Korean Air Lines Flight 902 1978 Yegoryevsk Tu-144 crash Iranian Chinook shootdown Aeroflot Flight 1080 Aeroflot Flight 1691 1979 Dniprodzerzhynsk mid-air collision Aeroflot Flight 5484
1980s– Dec. 1991	Aeroflot Flight 4225 1981 Pushkin Tu-104 crash Aeroflot Flight 498 1981 Armenia mid-air collision 1981 Zheleznogorsk mid-air collision Aeroflot Flight 811 Aeroflot Flight 3603 Aeroflot Flight 8641 Aeroflot Flight 411 Aeroflot Flight 5463 Korean Air Lines Flight 007 Aeroflot Flight 601 Aeroflot Flight 3352 Aeroflot Flight 3519 Aeroflot Flight 7841 1985 Zolochiv mid-air collision Aeroflot Flight 5143 Aeroflot Flight 101/435 Aeroflot Flight 2306 Aeroflot Flight 6502 Aeroflot Flight U-505 Aeroflot Flight N-528 Aeroflot Flight 699 Aeroflot Flight 3739 (1988) 1988 Soviet Air Force Il-76 crash An-24 crash in Navoiy Aeroflot Flight 8556