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struck a low earth embankment, 148 or 150 m beyond the runway end. Then the aircraft struck a boulder 60 cm high. Subsequently, the right gear struck a concrete pillbox 60 m further. The aircraft ultimately fell into the
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forced the crew to take more passengers than the aircraft was able to carry, which led to an excess takeoff weight. Unable to take off, the aircraft overran the runway at high speed, struck several obstacles and fell into the
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the militants, controlling the adjacent area during the civil war, threatened the crew with weapons and forced it to take 81 passengers, while the aircraft was designed to carry only 28. This led the
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The crash remains the deadliest accident involving a Yakovlev Yak-40 and the deadliest aviation accident in
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Tajikistan Airlines Yakovlev Yak-40, similar to that involved in the accident
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The crew was forced to take off under the threat of shooting. The left main
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On 28 August 1993 a non-scheduled domestic passenger flight operated by
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