He broke up with his wife and went on a ram: 50 years ago in Novosibirsk, a plane crashed into a residential building

On September 26, 1976, a terrible event happened: pilot Vladimir Serkov, flying the captured An-2 aircraft, sent him to a residential building on Stepnoy Street. Five people became victims of the disaster, eleven more were injured, and more than twenty apartments fell into disrepair.

Serkov targeted the building in which his ex-wife, their son and her parents lived. The cause of the tragedy was a divorce: the wife filed for divorce, which greatly hit the psyche of the pilot. The man decided to take revenge on his ex-wife, suspecting her of infidelity.

Witnesses recall that the impact was so powerful that the engine of the aircraft pierced the interfloor area, and the spilled fuel provoked a fire. “It shook so much that we almost flew out of beds,” shared his memories tenant Boris Suleyev.

Rescuers took people through window openings, but not all were able to leave the building, reports “Tape.ru”.

The investigation found that Serkov had a hidden neurological disease, which was not notified by the management. After this incident, the USSR tightened the requirements for medical examination of flight personnel.