1993 Tajikistan Airlines Yakovlev Yak-40 crash · Khorog Airport
On August 28, 1993, 1993 Tajikistan Airlines Yakovlev Yak-40 crash (Khorog Airport). 82 people died.
- Date
- August 28, 1993
- Place
- Khorog Airport
- Operator
- Tajik Air
- Killed
- 82
- Injured
- 4
- Position
- 37.513°N, 71.508°E
- Wikidata ID
- Q16662613
From Wikipedia
On 28 August 1993 a non-scheduled domestic passenger flight operated by Tajikistan Airlines and served by a Yakovlev Yak-40 crashed during takeoff at Khorog Airport, killing 82 people on board (including 14 children). Militants during the civil war in Tajikistan forced the crew to take more passengers than the aircraft was able to carry, which led to an excess takeoff weight. Unable to take off, the aircraft overran the runway at high speed, struck several obstacles and fell into the Panj River.
The crash remains the deadliest accident involving a Yakovlev Yak-40 and the deadliest aviation accident in Tajikistan.
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