1995 Borodianka mid-air collision

1995 Borodianka mid-air collision
Accident
Date	10 February 1995
Summary	Mid-air collision caused by pilot error
Site	Borodianka Raion, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine ; 50°44′38.3″N 29°55′19.1″E
Total fatalities	7
Total survivors	5
First aircraft
	; The aircraft involved in the accident during ground tests, the month before its first flight
Type	Antonov An-70
Operator	Antonov Design Bureau
Crew	7
Fatalities	7
Survivors	0
Second aircraft
	; An Antonov An-72 similar to the one involved
Type	Antonov An-72
Operator	Antonov Design Bureau
Crew	5
Fatalities	0
Survivors	5

On 10 February 1995 at 16:09 CET, the first Antonov An-70 prototype aircraft collided with an Antonov An-72 that was assisting with the An-70 test program over Borodianka Raion in Ukraine. 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 in Kyiv with no fatalities.

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