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Parked at Irkutsk-2 Airport, the AN-8 was struck by another Minaviaprom AN-8 registered CCCP-98107 that was taxiing to the ramp when the brakes failed. CCCP-98107 was slightly damaged and repaired while CCCP-78738 was damaged beyond repair.

The Tupolev 134 departed Mbala (MMQ), Zambia, for a flight back to Maputo (MPM). The flight carried Mozambique president Samora Machel who had attended a meeting of African leaders in Zambia. While approaching Maputo, an inadvertent selection of the MATSAPA VOR frequency caused the crew to execute a premature 37-degrees turn. Although the pilot queried the turn, no effort was made to verify it by using the available navigational aids. The aircraft descended below the 3000 feet limit in spite of not having visual contact with Maputo. The crew erroneously assumed a power failure at Maputo. A 32-second GPWS warning was ignored and the aircraft collided with the ground at 2187 feet, bounced and crashed into an uphill slope. The aircraft broke up, slid across the South African/Eswatini border and caught fire. Machel, along with 33 other occupants did not survive the accident.

Crashed in unknown circumstances. Occupant fate unknown.

Shortly after takeoff from Coyhaique-Teniente Vidal Airport, while climbing, the twin engine aircraft struck the slope of Mt Fraile located 8 km southeast of the airport. Operated by the Club Aéreo del Personal de Carabineros (CAPC), the aircraft was destroyed and all seven occupants were killed. The aircraft had dual registration CC-KKC and C-16.

The aircraft departed the Welcome Bay ice strip at Wollaston Lake, Saskatchewan. This was the second leg of a flight that originated at La Ronge, Saskatchewan. On board were two Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) pilots, another member of the force, and an inspector from the Saskatchewan Department of Public Works. Witnesses stated that the aircraft took off normally, levelled momentarily, then climbed steeply into cloud Moments later, they heard the engine noise increase abruptly, then decrease rapidly, followed by a sound similar to a backfire. When the aircraft reappeared, it was in a steep, nose down, right-wing-low attitude. It crashed on the ice, one mile north of Welcome Bay; all four occupants sustained fatal injuries.

Crashed in unknown circumstances. There were no casualties. The exact date of the mishap remains unknown, somewhere in the year 1985.

The crew was cleared to descent to 4,500 feet when the aircraft went out of control and crashed in an open field located 32 km short of runway. The aircraft was destroyed upon impact and all seven occupants were killed.

Some 12 minutes after takeoff from Magadan-Sokol Airport, while flying at a height of 400 meters, the twin engine aircraft struck the slope of Mt Komendant located in the Ola district, some 30 km northwest of Magadan. The aircraft was destroyed upon impact and all seven occupants were killed. The flight was performed on behalf of the KGB and Border Guards Unit.

During the takeoff roll at Sebha Airport, about V1 speed, the captain decided to abandon the takeoff procedure and initiated an emergency braking manoeuvre. Unable to stop within the remaining distance, the aircraft overran and came to rest, bursting into flames. All occupants escaped uninjured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

For unknown reasons, the crew was forced to divert to Uralsk (Kazakhstan) Airport. On final approach by night and poor weather conditions, the pilot-in-command failed to realize his altitude was too low when the airplane struck the ground and crashed 1,340 metres short of runway threshold. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair and all six occupants were injured.