Aeroflot Tu-134 Midair Collision Over Dniprodzerzhynsk, August 11, 1979
Two Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-134s collide over the Ukrainian city of Dniprodzerzhynsk and crash, killing all 178 aboard both airliners.
Date: August 11, 1979
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