The Antonov An-24 has suffered 159 accidents with a total of 2,134 fatalities. 1960s 29 July 1962 An An-24 (CCCP-46708) still owned by Antonov crashed at Ternopil Airport during a test flight while simulating a right-engine failure; all eight crew on board survived, but the aircraft was written off. 20 March 1965 An Aeroflot An-24 (CCCP-46764) landed short of the runway at Khanty-Mansiysk Airport, struck a snow drift and broke up, killing 43 of 47 on board. The cause of the crash was not determined, but pilot error was blamed. 2 February 1966 A United Arab Airlines An-24 (SU-AOB) crashed at Luxor, Egypt during a test flight. 18 March 1966 United Arab Airlines Flight 749 crashed while attempting to land at Cairo International Airport. All 30 passengers and crew on board were killed. 29 August 1966 A Cubana An-24 (CU-T875) was written off at Camaguey Airport. 30 September 1966 United Arab Airlines Flight 322 (an An-24B, SU-AOM) struck a camel while taking off from Luxor International Airport, damaging the right side landing gear. The aircraft was able to make a wheels-up landing at Cairo with no casualties to the 43 on board. 7 February 1967 A United Arab Airlines An-24 was hijacked by one person and flown to Amman, Jordan. 30 December 1967 Aeroflot Flight L-51, an An-24B (CCCP-46215), crashed near Liepāja Airport after the crew put the left engine into reverse thrust in an attempt to slow the aircraft down for landing, killing 44 of 51 on board. The crash remains the deadliest air disaster in Latvia. 31 December 1967 An Aeroflot An-24B (CCCP-46201) crashed short of the runway at Voronezh Airport. 6 January 1968 Aeroflot Flight 1668, an An-24B (CCCP-47733), broke apart in mid-air and crashed 58 mi from Olekminsk, Russia, killing all 45 on board; the aircraft may have been shot down by a stray missile although a cause was never definitively identified. 18 August 1968 A United Arab Airlines An-24B (SU-AOL) crashed in the Mediterranean Sea off Cyprus, killing all 40 passengers and crew on board. 6 October 1968 An Aeroflot An-24B (CCCP-46552) force-landed near Maryy, Turkmenistan after an engine failed at . 24 January 1969 LOT Polish Airlines Flight 149 (SP-LTE) from Warsaw to Wrocław (Poland) with 48 passengers and crew on board crashed shortly before landing at the Wrocław Strachowice Airport due to crew error. There were no casualties although the aircraft was written