#OTD in 1979: Two Aeroflot Tu-134s collide over Dniprodzerzhynsk (Ukraine). All 178 aboard die, including the complete Pakhtakor FC soccer team. It was deemed ATC made various “mistakes and violations” in SOP, namely in flight levels, safety distances and radio communications. pic.twitter.com/mkx8T6uiwK

— Air Safety #OTD by Francisco Cunha (@OnDisasters) August 10, 2020