July 1970 A United Arab Airlines An-24B (SU-ANZ) crashed at Cairo due to pilot error while on a training flight, killing the three crew. 7 August 1970 A LOT Polish Airlines An-24 was hijacked by one person who demanded to be taken to Germany and diverted to East Berlin. 26 August 1970 A LOT Polish Airlines An-24 was hijacked by three people who demanded to be taken to Austria. 16 September 1970 A person, armed with a dagger and gun, attempted to hijack a United Arab Airlines An-24 and demanded to be taken to Saudi Arabia; the hijacker was overpowered by the on-board security guard. 15 October 1970 An Aeroflot An-24B (CCCP-46256) was hijacked by two people who demanded to be taken to Turkey and diverted to Trabzon Airport. One person died. 31 March 1971 An Aeroflot An-24 (CCCP-46747) crashed near Moscow during a training flight. 1 June 1971 An Aeroflot An-24B (CCCP-47729) crashed on Bogodorsk Island during a training flight. The aircraft was flying with one engine shut down when the flight engineer shut down the other engine by mistake. 12 November 1971 Aeroflot Flight N-63, an An-24B (CCCP-46809), stalled and crashed short of the runway at Vinnitsa Airport during a go-around, killing all 48 passengers and crew on board. 13 November 1971 Aeroflot Flight 639, an An-24B (CCCP-46378) struck a cable and crashed while on approach to Kerch Airport, killing six of 11 on board. 15 November 1971 A Tarom An-24RV (YR-AMA) crashed at Otopeni International Airport during an ILS approach; all 22 passengers and crew on board survived, but the aircraft was written off. 1 December 1971 Aeroflot Flight 2174, an An-24B (CCCP-46788), lost control and crashed near Saratov Airport due to icing, killing all 57 passengers and crew on board. 22 February 1972 Aeroflot Flight 25, an An-24 (CCCP-46732), lost control and crashed near Lipetsk Airport after the pilot applied reverse thrust by mistake; there were no casualties but the aircraft was written off. 27 February 1972 An Aeroflot An-24B (CCCP-46418) lost control and crashed while on approach to Mineralnye Vody Airport after the pilot applied reverse thrust by mistake; there were no casualties but the aircraft was written off. 16 May 1972 Soviet Navy An-24T 05 was returning to Khrabovo Airport following a weather research flight when it struck trees and crashed at Svetlogorsk, Russia, killing all eight on board and 25 on the ground.