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, the first
Antonov An-70
The Antonov An-70 ( uk, link=no, Антонов Ан-70) is a four-engine medium-range transport aircraft Transport aircraft is a broad category of aircraft that includes:
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prototype aircraft
collided with an
Antonov An-72
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that was assisting with the An-70 test program over
Borodianka Raion
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in
Ukraine
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. All seven crew members on board the An-70 were killed; the An-72 was able to make a safe emergency landing at
Gostomel Airport
Antonov Airport ( uk, аеропорт «Антонов» ), also known as Hostomel (or Gostomel) Airport ( uk, аеропорт «Гостомель»), is an international Cargo aircraft, cargo airport and testing facility in Ukraine, located n ...
in
Kyiv
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with no fatalities.
Causes
A Ukrainian-led commission reported that the cause was
human error
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and blamed the flight maneuvers by the crew as the major contributing factor to the crash. Leonid Berestov is quoted as saying "The careless actions of both crews in their formation flying led to a collision and crash.
Several faults were observed in the three test flights that took place before the accident flight, including flight control problems during the second flight and again during the third flight, on the day preceding the crash.
References
Bibliography
* Светлая память погибшим // Авиация и Время. — К. : 1995. — No. 1. — С. 25. (Obituary in ''Aviatsiya i Vremia'' journal, including photogallery of the crew).
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