aircraft drifted off course due to crew error, killing all 33 on board. 14 April 1975 Bulgarian Air Force An-24 035 crashed near Sofia, Bulgaria. 25 April 1975 An Aeroflot An-24RV (CCCP-46476) crashed short of the runway at Poltava Airport after the pilot descended into ground fog; all 11 on board survived, but the aircraft was written off. 28 June 1975 A Balkan Bulgarian Airlines An-24 was hijacked by one person and diverted to Greece. 17 November 1975 Aeroflot Flight 6274, an An-24RV (CCCP-46467), struck Mount Apshara due to crew disorientation, killing all 38 on board. 20 November 1975 Aeroflot Flight 7950, an An-24B (CCCP-46349), struck a hill 11 mi from Kharkov Airport due to an incorrectly programmed altimeter caused by an ATC error, killing 19 of 50 on board. 22 November 1975 A Balkan Bulgarian Airlines An-24B (LZ-ANA) crashed on takeoff from Vrazhdebna Airport due to icing, killing three of 45 on board. 13 January 1976 An Aeroflot An-24B (CCCP-47280) crashed short of the runway at Smolnoye Airport after the crew descended too soon; all 44 on board survived, but the aircraft was written off. 21 January 1976 A CAAC An-24 (B-492) crashed on approach to Huanghua Airport, killing all 40 on board. 9 February 1976 A Tarom An-24RV (YR-AMC) crashed short of the runway at Bacau Airport due to fog, collapsing the nosegear; all 24 on board survived, but the aircraft was written off. 10 March 1976 An Aeroflot An-24RV (CCCP-46613) landed hard at Saratov Airport after the crew descended too soon; all 57 on board survived, but the aircraft was written off. 18 March 1976 A Cubana An-24B (CU-T879) collided in mid-air with a Cubana DC-8 (CU-T1200) near Havana; the An-24 crashed, killing the five crew; the DC-8 landed safely. 15 May 1976 Aeroflot Flight 1802, an An-24RV (CCCP-46534), crashed near Chernigov due to loss of control caused by an unexplained rudder deflection, killing all 52 on board. 13 August 1976 An Aeroflot An-24B (CCCP-47734) landed hard at Guryev Airport after the crew deviated from the glide path; all 43 on board survived, but the aircraft was written off. 9 September 1976 Aeroflot Flight 7957, an An-24RV (CCCP-46518), collided in mid-air with an Aeroflot Yakovlev Yak-40 operating as Flight 31 over the Black Sea off Anapa due to ATC and crew errors, killing all 64 on board both aircraft. 17 December 1976 Aeroflot Flight N-36, an An-24