39 years ago, on August 11, 1979, there was one of the worst plane crashes in the history of the USSR: two Tu-134 passenger aircraft collided in the sky over Dneprodzerzhinsk. As a result, 178 people died, including 17 members football team "Pakhtakor"... Air traffic controllers were found guilty of this tragedy, although the circumstances of the disaster seem to many to be too strange and still give rise to many versions regarding its causes.
One of the liners was heading from Voronezh to Chisinau, there were 88 passengers and 6 crew members on board. The second plane was on its way from Tashkent to Minsk. In addition to 14 football players, a coach, a doctor and an administrator, there were another 60 passengers and 7 crew members on board. All 178 people were killed in this disaster, including 36 children.
The plane crash was reported in the media only a week later, and even then in passing, on the last page of a sports publication, in a small note that spoke about the funeral of the dead football players in Tashkent. There was no information about this in the central press. The tragedy would not have become so resonant if members of a major league football team were not among the dead. According to many fans, this was the best squad in the history of the Tashkent club. The team was heading to the next match of the USSR championship in Minsk, where it was supposed to play with the local Dynamo.
The head coach of the team Oleg Bazilevich miraculously survived, who went to see his family and had to get to Minsk on his own. The club's masseur, Dvornikov, was also lucky to avoid tragedy: the day before, he and his friends drank too much and missed the flight. But one of the best football players of the team, Mikhail An, was injured a few days earlier and was not supposed to fly, but he was persuaded to go along with everyone for the company. Sirozhiddin Bazarov, a player of the youth team, who celebrated his 18th birthday the day before and stayed in Tashkent for a day, accidentally got on the flight.
Two dispatchers of the Kharkov control center, Nikolai Zhukovsky and Vladimir Sumsky, were found guilty of the tragedy. Both planes crossed each other at an altitude of 8400 meters. Shift senior Sergeev sent a young inexperienced dispatcher Zhukovsky to the difficult area. According to his calculations, the planes had to pass the conditional intersection point with a difference of three minutes, but in fact the interval was less than one minute. Sumskiy checked the calculations of a young colleague and found an error. He took control and ordered the Belarusian liner to take another flight level (go to an altitude of 9000 meters).
The dispatcher received an indistinct answer, but did not demand confirmation of the execution of his command. At that moment, 11 aircraft were simultaneously connected. Due to radio interference and overlapping replicas, the Tu-134 did not accept the dispatcher's command. The collision took place in overcast conditions, and the crews could not notice each other in advance. The dispatchers of Sumy and Zhukovsky were sentenced to 15 years in a general regime colony. The first served a term of 6.5 years, after which he was released, and the second, according to rumors, committed suicide.
Later, several versions were put forward about the causes of the disaster. According to one of them, the tragedy happened due to the fault of the first person of the state: supposedly the airspace was “cleared” that day due to the fact that Brezhnev was flying south. But, as it turned out, at that time he had already been in Crimea for several days. Shortly before the disaster, there was indeed a "letter" flight, as the transportation of high-ranking officials was called. Echelons of movement were freed for him, but this did not create any additional difficulties - the collision occurred an hour and a half after that.
Coach Oleg Bazilevich later expressed the following version: “ It seems to me that Pakhtakor died because of the carelessness of our air defense systems, and became their next victim. The plane, I believe, was shot down where it was impossible for him to appear ... Just because of the controller's mistake, the plane with the players flew into the air above some defensive object ...". This version was shared by some relatives of the deceased footballers. However, at this time, no military exercises were carried out on this territory, and it is hardly possible to view defense objects from an altitude of 8400 meters in cloudy conditions. In addition, the nature of damage from an explosion is significantly different from damage from a collision and a fall.
Obviously, the reason for the collision was the dispatcher's mistake: having received an indistinct answer from the pilot, he had to duplicate the command and demand a second confirmation of its receipt (this is what the court called "a gross violation of radio phraseology").
After the disaster, a new team of players from 15 clubs was assembled. It was decided to keep Pakhtakor's place in the top league of the USSR championship for three years. The team finished that season in ninth place. The death of football players shocked Uzbekistan. Journalist Eduard Avanesov responded to this tragedy with a requiem, which contained the following lines:
Years fly by, but the pain does not subside
My sorrow soared above the mountains.
Birds die on the flight
You died in flight, "Pakhtakor".
The details of this plane crash became known only a few years later, as well as about many other tragic pages in the history of the Land of the Soviets. Today about
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On September 7, 2011, the Yak-42 plane of the Yak Service airline crashed during takeoff from the Tunoshna airport in the Yaroslavl region. On board the plane was the Lokomotiv hockey team (Yaroslavl), which was flying to the match in Minsk. According to preliminary data, there were people on board.
July 15, 2009 In the north-west of Iran, a Tu-154M plane belonging to the Iranian airline Caspian Airlines crashed while flying from Tehran to Yerevan. The Iranian youth judo team was on board. The athletes flew to Armenia for training, and then had to fly to Hungary to participate in competitions. All 168 people on this flight were killed.
August 24, 2008 in Kyrgyzstan, a Boeing-737 plane crashed on its way from Bishkek to Tehran. There were 90 people on board, including 17 members of the Iranian youth volleyball team. Ten of them died. 25 passengers and crew members managed to escape.
April 27, 1993 near Gabon, Africa, a DHC-5 Buffalo, carrying members of the Zambian football team, crashed at sea as a result of an engine malfunction. A total of 30 people died, including 18 football players.
June 7, 1989 At the airport of Surinamese capital Paramaribo, South America, a DC-8-60 aircraft crashed, killing 23 Dutch football players of Surinamese origin on board the crashed plane. A total of 176 people died (out of 187 passengers and crew).
December 8, 1987 near Lima, Peru, explosions aboard an F-27 plane killed the Alliance football team. The bodies of the dead could not be found as the plane crashed into the sea. It is known that in total there were 43 people on the plane.
March 14, 1980 22 members of the US national boxing team were killed in the plane crash of the Polish Il-62 plane near Warsaw (Poland).
August 11, 1979 Above the city of Dneprodzerzhinsk (Ukraine), a Tu-134 airplane flying Tashkent-Minsk collided with a plane flying from Chelyabinsk to Chisinau. Killed 178 people (165 passengers and 13 crew members), from Uzbekistan, which was playing in the top league at the time. The team flew to Minsk to play with local Dynamo.
November 29, 1975 The plane crash killed the team of Formula-1 racers Embassy Racing with Graham Hill pilot Graham Hill. The six-seat Piper Aztec, on which the team was returning from races in France to London, crashed and burned while landing.
October 13, 1972 in the Andes, part of the rugby team from Montevideo (Uruguay) was killed in a plane crash on the way to the capital of Chile, the city of Santiago.
A total of 45 people were on board the FH-227 aircraft, of which 16 survived.
December 31, 1970 Air Liquid, an Algerian amateur soccer team, was killed in a plane crash in full force on its way to a friendly in Spain.
November 14, 1970 in Virginia (USA) 37 players of the Marshall University (Huntington, West Virginia) American football team were killed in a plane crash. In addition to the athletes, members of the coaching staff, fans, as well as the head of the sports department (75 people in total) were on board the aircraft. No one survived.
April 1, 1970 An-24 passenger plane crashed near Krasnoyarsk. All passengers (including the youth volleyball team) and crew members were killed.
September 26, 1969 in the Andes on the way to La Paz, Bolivia, a plane with 25 players of the Bolivian Strongest football team crashed. Killed 19 players and club leaders.
April 3, 1961 a Douglas C-47A plane crashed in the Cordillera, Chile. The disaster killed everyone on board - the Chilean Green Cross football team and crew members (24 people).
February 15, 1961 while landing in Belgium, a Sabena Boeing 707 crashed on a flight from New York to Brussels. All 72 people on board were killed, as well as one person on the ground. The US figure skating team (34 athletes and coaches), which was heading to the World Championships in Prague (Czechoslovakia), was killed in the crash. The 1961 World Figure Skating Championships were canceled in mourning for the dead.
February 6, 1958 at the airport in Munich (Germany), while trying to take off, a plane crashed with the players of the English team "Manchester United". A total of 23 people on board were killed, including 8 athletes, a coach, a team secretary, one of the directors of Manchester United and eight sports correspondents.
January 5, 1950 during the third landing approach in bad weather conditions in Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg) the Li-2 plane crashed. Killed 8 hockey players of the USSR Air Force team, as well as a coach, doctor and masseur.
May 4, 1949 as a result of a plane crash near Turin (Italy), the entire team of the football club "Torino" and all the others on board the plane (including journalists, officials, coach) were killed. A total of 31 people died.
November 18, 1948 in a plane crash over the English Channel, 6 leading hockey players of the Czechoslovak national team (goalkeeper, defenders and forwards) were killed.
The material was prepared on the basis of information from RIA Novosti and open sources
On the night of Monday to Tuesday Moscow time, a plane crash occurred in Colombia near Medellin airport. The Brazilian crew was on board "Chapecoense", flying to the final match of the South American Cup with the Colombian Atletico Nacional... "SE" cites the main facts of the tragedy.
The plane disappeared from the radar screens at 22.15 local time. Later it became known that the liner crashed on the territory of Colombia in the province of Antioquia. The crew of the aircraft informed the dispatchers of the Medellin Cordoba airport about the lack of fuel. The flight was given priority for an emergency landing, but was unable to land.
On board the aircraft was 81 people - 72 passengers and 9 crew members... Among the passengers were the Brazilian Chapecoense team flying to the final match of the South American Cup with the Colombian Atlético Nacional, the coaching staff, technical staff, and journalists.
According to official data, it was found 6 survivorsincluding three footballers - defender No, goalkeeper Zhaksona and defender Alana Rushela.
One of the possible causes of the plane crash is the lack of fuel.
Football club "Chapecoense" (literal translation of the name - the Football Association of the city of Chapeco) was founded on May 10, 1973 when the clubs were united "Atletico Chapecoense" and "Independent", five-time champion of the State of Santa Catarina (1977, 1996, 2007, 2011, 2016), two-time winner of the State Cup of Santa Catarina (1979, 2006), silver medalist of B series (2013), bronze medalist of C series (2012), bronze medalist series D (2009).
The Avro RJ-85 is a commercial mid-size jet aircraft manufactured by British Aerospace (UK) from 1983 to 2003. The liner carrying the Chapecoense had been in operation for 17 years. It is also reported that the same plane transported the Argentine national team for the match with Brazil (0: 3) in the qualifying tournament of the 2018 World Cup.
In Brazil, three days are declared, and in the state of Santa Catarina - 30 days of mourning. The celebration of Christmas and New Year is in question.
Rescuers found a "black box" of the crashed plane.
The condition of the survivors is assessed as grave.
Football - Pass from Abroad
Ex-mentor of CSKA Zicohonored the memory of the victims of today's catastrophe near Medellin by posting a black square on his instagram. The legendary footballer's message began with the phrase "I have never lost so many friends."
Football - Pass from Abroad
Atletico Nacional head coach Reinaldo Rueda reported that his team flew six times on the plane that crashed today.
I deeply regret the death of all passengers, including the Chapecoense. I especially regret the loss of the crew, which was well known to us. We flew with them six times. We last flew on this plane on November 3rd from Asuncion, returning from a match with Cerro Porteno. This is all very difficult to accept.
Football - Pass from Abroad
The Civil Aviation Department of Colombia has issued an official statement regarding the death of the plane with the Brazilian Chapecoense. At the moment, 75 dead and six survivors are known. All of them were taken to the hospital.
70% of bodies were found in the fuselage, 30%, including survivors, were found near the plane. The search operation involved 150 people. The black box has not yet been found.
Football - "At Your Gates"
"Terek" expressed its condolences.
Football - Pass from Abroad
Young Chapecoense fan.
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For almost 23 years, the sports world has not declared mourning for the plane crashes that killed the members of football teams. the Brazilian club Chapecoense, which was supposed to transport team members and journalists to the match with Atlético Nacional in the framework of the South American Cup. On board the aircraft were 72 passengers and 9 crew members. Rescue operations are currently underway at the crash site. According to preliminary information, six passengers managed to survive. The South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) has suspended all matches under its auspices. We recall other cases of air disasters affecting the world of football.
1.May 4, 1949 "Torino"
At the end of the 40s of the last century, Torino was one of the top clubs in Italy, ahead of its neighbors from Juventus in terms of fame and popularity. From 1946 to 1948, the bulls took the championship three times under the captaincy Valentino Mazzola, the father of the legendary Sandro Mazzola.
On May 3, 1949, Torino played a match with Benfica in Lisbon, which ended in a defeat - 3: 4. The football players' mood was raised by the meeting with friends from Milan in Barcelona. The Turin plane landed at the local airport for refueling, while the Milanese were transferring to a flight to Madrid. As it turned out, the Rossoneri were the last to see the Torino players alive. The plane of the team got into a zone of increased nebula, the pilot lost his orientation in space and with his left wing touched the fence of the basilica built on the hill. The plane turned around and hit the ground with force. Everyone on board died. Of the players, only Lauro Toma remained, who did not fly to the match due to injury.
2.February 6, 1958 "Manchester United"
One of the most resonant disasters in the history of world sports. The Busby Babes have forever entered the annals of English football and left an indelible mark on the hearts of fans around the world. The tragedy that occurred on February 6, 1958 at the Munich airport became all the more terrible. Despite the fact that air travel was in the high-risk category at the time, Manchester United flew across Europe, combining weekend performances in England and European Cup matches on weekdays. For the match with Crvena Zvezda in Belgrade, the club ordered a charter flight. Problems began in Munich, where the board landed for refueling. After two unsuccessful takeoff attempts, the crew was ready to postpone the flight, but in the end a third attempt was made, which ended in tragedy. The plane did not manage to take off in time and rammed a house with a hangar in which a car with fuel was parked. 21 people died on the spot, including eight United players. In 1960, a clock was installed on the southeast stand of Old Trafford with the date "February 6, 1958" at the top and the inscription "Munich" at the bottom, which remains there to this day. Every year on February 6, when their hands show the time of the plane crash - 15:4, a minute of silence is announced at Old Trafford in memory of the victims of the Munich disaster.
Black date in the history of Manchester United
51 years ago, an airplane crashed at Munich-Riem airport, on which the footballers of the English club “Manchester United” were returning home from an away match of the European Cup.
3.16 July 1960 Denmark squad
In the early 1960s, there was no professional football in Denmark as such. Players were even forbidden to play for foreign clubs under threat of not being called up to the national team. Nevertheless, the Danes were hard at work getting ready to compete for the Olympic Games in Rome. Eight players flew from Copenhagen airport to Herning for the national team match. The board crashed 50 meters from the coast due to bad weather conditions. Only the pilot and the footballer survived Sig Windel, which fishermen found near the coast. Another player was also lucky - Eric Dureborgwho was taken off the flight due to disgusting behavior at the airport. The Danish national team was seriously considering withdrawing from the tournament, but in the end they won silver medals in Rome.
4.April 3, 1961. Green Cross
A year later, another football team crashed in a plane crash. Playing in the first division of the Chilean championship, "Green Cross" flew from Santiago airport for the match of the next round. The footballers were not destined to get to the place - the entire crew and passengers died after the plane collided with the Las Lastimas mountain range in the Cordillera.
5.September 26, 1969 "Strongest"
On September 26, 1969, a military coup took place in Bolivia. However, this event also faded into the background when on the same day the largest plane crash in the history of the country occurred. A passenger liner collided with a mountain in the Cordillera massif. All 74 passengers, including the 16 players on board and the coaching staff of the country's best team, the Strongest, were killed. The South American Football Federation declared mourning and allocated $ 20 thousand to the club. Many footballers who had previously played for the Strongest returned to the club at a reduced rate. Five years later, the club won the Bolivian championship again.
6. December 31, 1970. Air Liquid
A few months later, the plane carrying the Algerian Air Liquid team to Spain for a friendly tournament did not reach its destination. All passengers and crew members were killed.
7.August 11, 1979 "Pakhtakor"
In the late 70s, one of the worst sports tragedies in the history of Soviet football took place. The Tashkent "Pakhtakor", flying to the match in Minsk, got into a plane crash, which became one of the largest in the history of the country. Two planes collided in the sky over Dneprodzerzhinsk - none of the passengers of both aircraft managed to survive. Among the dead 178 people were 17 members of "Pakhtakor". Due to the fact that the team was popular in the country, it was not possible to remain silent about the tragedy. All members of the football team were buried in Tashkent at the city's Botkin cemetery, where a monument was erected to them. And "Pakhtakor" itself, according to the rule introduced in the regulations, for three years retained a place in the elite division of the USSR.
The first Russian football publication and Dick Advocaat's debut in the Russian national team. What else do you remember on August 11 in the history of football?
8 December 1987 Alliance Lima
In December 1987, 43 people - football players, managers, coaches and fans of the Peruvian Alliance Lima team - died in a plane crash. Their plane, carrying passengers home after a national championship match, crashed into the sea six miles north of the capital, Lima.
9.June 7, 1989. Dutch footballers
The football world could have lost Frank Rykard and Ruud Gullita at the height of their football fame. Fortunately, both stars did not travel to their historic homeland in Suriname to participate in a tournament with three local clubs. Rijkaard, Gullit, Aron Winter and Brian Roy refused to fly, citing a desire to properly prepare for the new season. This decision saved their lives. The pilots of the plane taking off from Amsterdam, when landing in Paramaribo, made a mistake and caught a tree with their wing. As a result of the crash, 11 out of 187 people survived. All 15 players on board died.
10.April 27, 1993 Zambia squad
The Zambian Air Force organized a special flight to bring the national team of their country to Dakar, where it was to play a qualifying match for the 1994 World Cup with a team from Senegal. During the first refueling, problems were found with one of the engines. However, the pilot made a decision to continue the flight. As a result, a few minutes after takeoff, the engine caught fire, and the plane fell into the water 500 meters from the coast. All passengers were killed. From the national team of Zambia, only one who traveled independently from the Netherlands survived Kalusha Bvalya and the injured goalkeeper Charles Musonda.