- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: July 10, 1985
Time: 2346
Location: Near Uchuduk, Uzbekistan, USSR
Operator: Aeroflot
Flight #: 7425
Route: Karshi - Leningrad
AC Type: Tupolev TU-154B-2
Registration: CCCP-85311
cn / ln: 311
Aboard: 200   (passengers:191  crew:9)
Fatalities: 200   (passengers:191  crew:9)
Ground: 0
Summary: The crew climbed to the cruising altitude of FL380 at an airspeed of which is close to stall speed. During cruise flight vibrations started because of the low airspeed but were assumed by the crew to be caused by engine surges. They reduced power to idle, causing the airspeed to drop. Trying to maintain altitude, the airplane eventually stalled, went into a flat spin and crashed.
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