1976 aviation accident
Aeroflot Flight 909 was a scheduled domestic flight overnight on 5/6 March 1976 flown by Ilyushin Il-18E registered "CCCP-74508". The aircraft lost control following an electrical failure and crashed near Voronezh in the Soviet Union. All 111 on board were killed.
Accident.
The aircraft was on a domestic passenger flight between Moscow and Yerevan at flight level 260 (about ) when an electrical failure disabled some of the aircraft instruments including the compass and the two main gyros. It was 00:58 in the dark and according to the official version without a natural horizon due to clouds the crew became confused on the orientation of the aircraft and control was lost and the aircraft crashed killing all on board. However, a number of experts affirm that it is difficult to believe that such a professional crew could lose control in these circumstances. Some reports show that seven were killed on the ground.
Aircraft.
The aircraft was a four-engined Ilyushin Il-18E turboprop built in 1966.
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