The altimeter had been set incorrectly, showing the aircraft at a higher altitude than it actually was. 4 November 1972 An Aeroflot An-24B (CCCP-46202) was on a positioning flight when it struck trees and crashed near Vostochny Airport in snow; all three crew survived, but the aircraft was written off. 21 January 1973 Aeroflot Flight 6263, an An-24B (CCCP-46276), lost control and crashed near Petukhovo, Russia, killing all 39 passengers and crew on board; the aircraft may have been shot down by a missile. Four passengers initially survived the crash, but died in the below-zero temperatures before rescue parties reached the crash site. 28 February 1973 Polish Air Force An-24B 012 crashed near Goleniow Airport, Szczecin due to wing icing. All 18 people on board were killed (including ministers of the interior of Poland and Czechoslovakia). 30 April 1973 A South Yemen Air Force aircraft, probably an An-24, crashed in Yemen, killing all 25 on board. The aircraft type has not been confirmed, with possible types being an An-24, An-12, or a Yemenia Douglas DC-3. 14 May 1973 Cubana Flight 707, an An-24V (CU-T876), crashed on landing at Jose Marti International Airport in bad weather due to possible pilot errors, killing three. 18 August 1973 Aeroflot Flight A-13, an An-24B (CCCP-46435), struck a cable on an oil rig at Neftyanyye Kamni oilfield ( east of Baku) and crashed while attempting to return to Bina International Airport following an uncontained engine failure, killing 56 of 64 on board. 17 September 1973 A MIAT Mongolian Airlines An-24B (BNMAU-4206) struck a mountain during descent in Hovd Province, Mongolia. 6 January 1974 Aeroflot Flight N-75, an An-24B (CCCP-46357), lost control and crashed at Mukachevo, Ukraine due to icing, killing all 24 on board. 25 January 1974 An Aeroflot An-24B (CCCP-46277) was being flown out of Rostov following maintenance when it crashed after takeoff from Rostov Airport due to artificial horizon failure, killing the four crew. 8 March 1974 A Pathet Lao Airlines An-24 (possibly XW-TCA) crashed near Hanoi, killing all 18 on board. 6 July 1974 A Soviet Air Force An-24T lost control and crashed near Sinitsyno, Saratov Oblast after suffering a bird strike on final approach; killing the five crew. 29 December 1974 A TAROM An-24RV (YR-AMD) operating on a domestic scheduled flight from Bucharest to Sibiu struck the side of the Mountains (Muntii) Lotrului (22 km south of Sibiu) at after the