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suggested the probable cause was "The pilot descended below the assigned altitude and unintentionally continued a descent into terrain. Contributing factors were self-induced stress, slight turbulence and non-adherence to operating procedures". The president of the
Tajikistan State Air Company, who
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the aircraft began to descend, experiencing turbulence on the way down. Preparing for final approach, the crew did not notice they were too low, and the aircraft crashed into the desert approximately 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) east of
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survived the crash, only to later die in hospital) as well as 6 of the 7 crew members. The sole survivor was identified as the flight navigator, 37-year-old Sergei Petrov.
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584:"سقوط هواپیمای در تاجیکستان و مرگ یک دختر تاجیک ایرانی که پیکرش شناسایی نشد"
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in the afternoon of 15 December 1997. Upon entering the airspace of the
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424:"85 Are Killed as Tajikistan Plane Crashes in the Arab Emirates"
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Tajikistan
Airlines Tu-154, similar to the aircraft that crashed
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Emirates
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Emirates
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507:"یک هواپیما در تاجیکستان سقوط کرد"
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862:Tajikistan Airlines Flight 3183
223:Tajikistan Airlines Flight 3183
22:Tajikistan Airlines Flight 3183
300:Dushanbe International Airport
63:Controlled flight into terrain
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792:Helikopter Service Flight 451
682:Stavropolskaya AA Flight 1023
278:The President of Uzbekistan,
1117:December 1997 events in Asia
762:Formosa Airlines Flight 7601
459:"Tajik airliner crash probe"
973:Sterling Airways Flight 296
812:Garuda Indonesia Flight 152
772:Vietnam Airlines Flight 815
672:Israeli helicopter disaster
253:The aircraft departed from
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902:United Airlines Flight 826
842:Virgin Atlantic Flight 024
47:15 December 1997
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832:John Denver plane crash
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249:Remains of the aircraft
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16:1997 aviation accident
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872:Air Canada Flight 646
742:Korean Air Flight 801
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338:United Arab Emirates
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1032:Aeroflot Flight 521
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920:► 1998
914:1996 ◄
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752:Fine Air Flight 101
529:"Tajiks mourn dead"
135:Tajikistan Airlines
100:25.6167°N 55.6833°E
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564:. 18 December 1997
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142:Registration
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513:15 December
491:15 December
162:Destination
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67:pilot error
1081:Categories
568:15 January
539:15 January
469:15 January
443:15 January
408:15 January
379:15 January
326:Tajikistan
306:References
197:Fatalities
181:Passengers
91:55°41′00″E
88:25°37′00″N
51:1997-12-15
588:aa.com.tr
438:0362-4331
274:Aftermath
213:Survivors
173:Occupants
562:BBC News
533:BBC News
463:BBC News
350:Aviation
241:Accident
205:Injuries
146:EY-85281
131:Operator
116:Aircraft
39:Accident
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640:in 1997
312:Portals
288:Khujand
65:due to
59:Summary
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888:Dec 19
878:Dec 17
868:Dec 16
858:Dec 15
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778:Sep 6
768:Sep 3
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698:May 8
668:Feb 4
658:Jan 9
76:Near
644:1997
596:2022
570:2014
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515:2022
493:2022
471:2014
445:2014
434:ISSN
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