What happened
A four-engine military transport aircraft was performing a flight route originating at Petrel-Burevestnik, with planned stops at Sokol AFB (Dolinsk) and Smirnykh before reaching its final destination of Khurba. The aircraft was transporting a group of soldiers at the time of the incident.
Shortly after departing from Petrel-Burevestnik, the plane went down in a remote, isolated region. Because the flight failed to reach its scheduled stops, search and rescue operations were launched to locate the missing vessel. However, the wreckage was not located until January 1984. The accident resulted in 30 fatalities, with no survivors reported among the occupants.
Findings
The exact reasons for the crash remain undetermined, as the aircraft disappeared under unknown circumstances during the initial climb phase of the flight.