Fatigue probably prevented the pilots of an An-12BK from keeping the airplane on the glide path before a fatal crash in Lviv, Ukrainian accident investigators say.
The pilots of an Antonov An-12BK presumably had not slept and were overly fatigued when they flew into fog during a nighttime approach to Lviv (Ukraine) Aerodrome and the airplane hit the ground, the National Bureau of Air Accidents Investigation of Ukraine (NBAAI) says.
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