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Experienced a failure in one of the thrust reversers moments prior to touchdown at Findel Airport, causing the aircraft to yaw to the right, running off the runway, striking a building, sliding down a ravine, and eventually coming to rest 2,200 metres (7,200ft) past the runway threshold. The aircraft was operating an international scheduled Moscow–Luxembourg–Havana–Lima passenger service as Flight 343.
Fifty-two minutes after takeoff from Kiev, while flying at 5,100m (16,700ft), wiring in the cockpit started a fire, filling the cockpit with smoke. The crew began descending, and attempted but failed to extinguish the fire. A cockpit hatch was opened but the crew still found it difficult to read the instruments. A wheels-up landing in a field was performed about eight minutes after the fire started; the aircraft burned out after landing. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Kursk–Kiev–Odessa passenger service as Flight 395.
The aircraft was operating a Sukhumi–Rostov-on-Don–Krasnovodsk cargo service. It crashed and was destroyed by fire shortly after takeoff from Rostov-on-Don Airport, after it hit trees during initial climbout. The airplane was overloaded.
Had a failure in one of its engines immediately after take-off from Poti Airport, and the propeller could not be feathered. Despite an attempted forced landing, the aircraft crashed into a hillside. Due to operate a domestic scheduled Poti–Sukhumi passenger service as Flight G-70.
During the approach to Minsk, the aircraft came in too high and too fast. The pilot continued the approach and the aircraft landed hard, bouncing three times and suffering severe damage. The center of gravity was too far to the rear. The aircraft was completing a Riga–Minsk cargo service.
Went off course while en route from Nalchik to Leninakan as Flight E-46. It crashed into a mountain, 41 kilometres (25mi) away from Leninakan Airport, after it was cleared to descend.
Entered a zone of severe turbulence while en route from Lvov to Yerevan, approximately over Gali. The aircraft landed safely, though it was written off following the excessive stresses it underwent. The aircraft was used for fire tests at Yerevan in 1986 during the investigation of Flight 2306.
While flying near Kazarman at 7,200m (23,600ft) the aircraft entered a downdraft and lost 2,000m (6,600ft) and suffered a load of 5.5 g. The crew regained control and made an emergency landing at Osh. The aircraft suffered severe damage during the descent and it was written off.
The aircraft, probably a Tupolev Tu-134, was hijacked en route to Tallinn by two men. One hijacker told a flight attendant that there was a bomb on board and that the other hijacker would detonate it if they were not flown to Oslo or London. They agreed on a fuel stop at Kotka, Finland but the aircraft landed at Leningrad instead. The hijackers realized that they had been tricked and one shouted to the other to blow up the aircraft. Security forces boarded the aircraft and killed one hijacker and arrested the other.
The aircraft was in the last stages of a domestic scheduled Kazan–Chelyabinsk–Alma-Ata passenger service as Flight 5463, when it crashed into mountainous terrain, in a premature descent, on approach to Alma-Ata Airport.
Inbound from Krasnoyarsk, the crew diverted to Kansk-Dalni due to poor weather at Kansk-Tsentralny. The aircraft landed in poor weather and touched down too late, overrunning the runway and striking an obstacle.
The aircraft was hijacked while en route a Tbilisi–Leningrad passenger service. Some of the hijackers entered the flight deck opening fire as they tried to gain control of the aircraft, yet the crew performed violent maneuvers, eventually keeping the hijackers off the cockpit. The airplane landed safely at Tbilisi Airport and there were no casualties by then, but it was later stormed by security forces. Eight occupants—3 hijackers among them— were killed amid the gunfire. The deformation the airframe underwent during the sharp maneuvers exceeded the ones it could possibly withstand, and it was written off.
The aircraft that was covering the Arkhangelsk–Leshukonskoye route as Flight 601, crashed ahead of the runway threshold on final approach to Leshukonskoye Airport, while attempting a go-around.
Crash-landed at Izhevsk Airport when the pilot attempted to land the aircraft with a failure on one of the elevators due to a maintenance error. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Kuybyshev-Izhevsk passengers service as Flight 923.
The aircraft was performing a crop spraying mission when an excessive deflection of the elevator caused it to crash northwest of Staroye Zhookovo, catching fire.
During a crop-spraying, the crew, who was drunk, took the aircraft on an unauthorized flight. The aircraft crashed after the crew performed stunts at low altitude.
During a domestic scheduled Tashkent–Moscow passenger service, the inner sections of the wing flaps began vibrating severely and broke off 75 seconds later, damaging the rear of the fuselage. An emergency landing was made at Aktyubinsk (now Aktobe) and the aircraft touched down at 345km/h (214mph), blowing out seven landing gear tires.
The An-24 departed Sverdlovsk for Omsk and Kemerovo. When climbing through an altitude of 250 m the turbine of the RU-19A-300 APU suffered an uncontained failure. Parts of the turbine disc penetrated the fuselage, killing one passenger and injuring two. The aircraft managed to land safely back at Sverdlovsk. Was due to operate the Sverdlovsk-Omsk-Kemerovo passenger service as Flight 7010.
During a low-altitude survey flight over hilly terrain, the aircraft was caught in a downdraft. The left wheel and left lower wing hit a hill before the crew regained control. The crew continued to Shoptykol where a forced landing was performed, but the aircraft suffered more damage and was ultimately written off.
Hit two snowplows upon landing in poor visibility at Omsk Airport, inbound from Krasnodar as Flight 3352, and caught fire.[nb 3] There were 179 people aboard, of whom 174 lost their lives in the accident; there were also 4 casualties on the ground.
While climbing through 1,500m (4,900ft) after takeoff from Kostroma Airport the artificial horizon failed. The aircraft was in clouds and the pilots became disorientated. The aircraft entered a descent with increasing bank. At 500–600m (1,600–2,000ft) the aircraft came out of clouds, allowing the crew to correct the attitude of the aircraft, but while pulling out of the dive the aircraft again entered clouds and the pilots became disorientated a second time. The aircraft entered a steep dive, losing altitude. The crew could not recover and the aircraft struck trees and terrain. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Kostroma-Ivanovo-Ulyanovsk passenger service as Flight F-637.
Had a failure in one of its engines shortly after takeoff from Krasnoyarsk Airport; it caught fire, yet the flight engineer shut down the incorrect one. The fire propagated to the empennage, making the aircraft uncontrollable just before it could land safely. It was due to operate a domestic scheduled Krasnoyarsk–Irkutsk passenger service as Flight 3519.
Before takeoff, the ground crew forgot to close the fuel fill caps. En route fuel was sucked out of the tanks, causing both engines to quit. The aircraft force-landed 76km (47mi) away from Astrakhan.
Crashed during initial climbout, 10 kilometres (6.2mi) away from Minsk-2 International Airport, because of flameout of both engines, which had ingested ice during the takeoff run. Due to operate a domestic scheduled Minsk–Leningrad passenger service as Flight 7841.
During takeoff, the flaps retracted due to a short circuit. After reaching an altitude of 6–8m (20–26ft), the aircraft entered a descent and crashed in snowy terrain 250m (820ft) past the runway. Due to operate a Borogon–Tiksi cargo service.
The Tu-134A was minutes away from completing a domestic scheduled Tallinn–Lvov passenger service as Flight 8381 with 79 people aboard, On approach to Sknyliv Airport, it was involved in a mid-air, head-on collision with a Soviet Air ForceAntonov An-26, that was carrying 15 people on board and had departed the same airport. The collision occurred over Zolochiv at an approximate altitude of 13,000 feet (4,000m), killing all occupants from both aircraft.
Crashed near Rzhevka Airport during a test flight. The engine lost power just after takeoff. While attempting a forced landing, the aircraft struck trees and crashed.
Lost speed and crashed in the Stavropol Krai after the pilot tried to gain altitude and the aircraft banked steeply. Was performing a crop spraying mission.
Departed overloaded from Baykit Airport. The crew attempted to return to the airport as the aircraft was unable to gain altitude, yet it crash-landed before reaching the airfield.
During a crop-spraying flight the engine lost power, due to valve problems with cylinder seven. The crew attempted a forced landing but the aircraft struck trees and crashed.
The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Tashkent–Karshi–Orenburg–Leningrad passenger service as Flight 5143. It crashed near Uchkuduk while en route its second leg, when the crew mistook in-flight vibrations due to low airspeed with engine surges and reduced power, leading to an even lower airspeed that eventually stalled the aircraft. This crash is the worst ever accident involving the Tu-154 and Aeroflot's deadliest accident.
The engine failed during a crop-spraying flight while the aircraft was in a banking turn. Altitude was lost and the aircraft banked left and crashed into a building.
Crashed into mountainous terrain, 97 kilometres (60mi) west of Kutaisi, when it was flying at a low altitude in bad weather, following air traffic controllers indications. It was operating a domestic scheduled Kutaisi–Poti passenger service as Flight D-7.
Hijacked by a man who demanded that the crew change course. The aircraft ran out of fuel and landed in a pasture near Gannan, China; the hijacker was arrested by Chinese authorities and the aircraft and the 43 people on board were returned to the Soviet Union. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Yakutsk–Takhtamygda–Chita–Irkutsk passenger service as Flight 101/435.
Crashed and broke up shortly after takeoff from Saransk Airport, when the captain mistook the localizer and inner marker beacon red lights with the anti-collision lights of an incoming aircraft, performing a violent evasive maneuver and losing control of the airplane.
A test was being run following undercarriage repairs. During a pullout, the left wing broke off and its debris struck the tail, which broke off as well, causing the aircraft to crash 19 kilometres (12mi) away from Khanty-Mansiysk.
The flightcrew forgot to turn on the heating system of the pitot tube prior to takeoff from Chelyabinsk, and that condition persisted all the way to Moscow. Due to icing on the approach to Domodedovo Airport, the crew increased power as they mistakenly assumed the plane was about to stall due to incorrect speed readings. Despite the landing being performed at a higher-than-normal speed, the crew managed to land the plane safely. The airframe sustained major damage because of the stresses it underwent on the descent.
En route between Kobyai and Sangar the engine lost power at 550m (1,800ft) and a forced landing was carried out in a swampy forest clearing. The engine failure was caused by improper repairs.
Aborted takeoff at Penza Airport, ending up in a ravine. A passenger died from a heart attack. Due to operate a domestic scheduled Penza–Simferopol passenger service.
Crashed 75 kilometres (47mi) southwest of Syktyvkar after it hit trees when attempting a forced landing due to a fire in the cargo hold. The aircraft was due to operate a domestic scheduled Vorkuta-Syktyvkar–Moscow passenger service as Flight 2306.
The aircraft was parked at Ufa Airport for a flight to Nizhnevartovsk from Kiev. Two armed men, fleeing from police, opened fire while attempting to seize the aircraft, killing two passengers before they themselves were shot and killed by security forces. The hijackers had earlier shot and killed two police officers who attempted to pursue them after they carjacked a taxi and forced the driver to take them to the airport.
While accelerating for takeoff, the number one engine shut down. The propeller was feathered but the crew did not raise the landing gear. Unable to gain altitude, the aircraft stalled and crashed in the Aldan River and sank with all on board. Due to begin the second leg of a Magan–Ust-Maya–Allakh passenger service as Flight 763. The aircraft had lost control on takeoff.
Skidded off the runway following a hard landing at Kuybyshev Airport, broke up, and caught fire. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Sverdlovsk-Kuybyshev service as Flight 6502.
Hit trees on approach to Schönefeld Airport, inbound from Minsk, and crashed. The aircraft was operating an international scheduled passenger service as Flight 892.
Struck a 2,370-metre-high (7,780ft) mountain, 56 kilometres (35mi) away from Alma-Ata, soon after it departed from Alma-Ata Airport for a cargo service.
The aircraft was stolen by a pilot seeking political asylum, who flew the airplane from Saldus to Sweden, and ditched it off Östergarnsholm on the island of Gotland. The aircraft is now in an aviation museum in Visby.
Overran the runway following an aborted go-around at Berdyansk Airport, hit obstacles and caught fire. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Odessa-Berdyansk service as Flight N-528.
The aircraft was completing a domestic scheduled Moscow–Krasnovodsk passenger service as Flight 699. A hard landing at Krasnovodsk Airport caused the empennage to separate from the airframe, which also broke up.
Port and starboard engines failed on takeoff from Nizhnevartovsk Airport, causing the aircraft to lose speed during the initial climbout, eventually stalling, losing altitude, and hitting obstacles before the airframe broke up. Due to operate a domestic scheduled Nizhnevartovsk–Tyumen passenger service as Flight 29674.
The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Tyumen–Surgut passenger service as Flight 7867. It performed a hard landing at Surgut Airport, broke up and caught fire.
The aircraft was en route a domestic scheduled Irkutsk–Leningrad passenger service as when it was hijacked by a family who demanded to be flown to the United Kingdom. Russian troops stormed the airplane while making a refuelling stop at Pulkovo Airport. As a result, five of the hijackers were killed, along with three passengers and an air hostess. The airframe sustained major damages on its empennage during the raid, and was written off.
Struck a hill in a blizzard, near Bagdarin, while en route a domestic scheduled Muya–Bagdarin passenger service. The crew had deviated from the flight route and descended too soon and too low.
Crashed into the slope of a mountain during approach to Irkutsk Airport, breaking up and catching fire. The crew had set the altimeters incorrectly during the approach; crew fatigue was also a factor. The aircraft was operating a domestic non-scheduled Kirensk–Irkutsk passenger service.
Had an undisclosed landing gear collapse when it hard-landed at Aleppo Airport, overrunning the runway. The center of gravity of the aircraft was off the limits. It was operating an international scheduled Yerevan–Aleppo passenger service.
Crashed into a mountain on approach to Batagay Airport, 25 kilometres (16mi) off the city. The aircraft was operating a cargo service inbound from Tiksi as Flight 40066.
Both starboard engines jammed at full power shortly after takeoff from Koltsovo Airport. The crew decided to return to the airport of departure; following touchdown, the aircraft burst into flames after bouncing and groundlooping.
Failed to get airborne on takeoff from Roberts International Airport, overrunning the runway and ending up in a ditch. The aircraft was overloaded and cargo not properly secured shifted on takeoff, putting its center of gravity beyond the forward limits. Due to operate a Monrovia–Bamako cargo service.
Burned out during refueling. The aircraft had not been properly grounded on the ice to prevent static discharge, and it was this discharge that ignited the fuel.
While on a positioning flight to a state farm, the pilot attempted to perform a pancake landing as he thought the ground was waterlogged. The aircraft lost speed, stalled over the left wing and crashed.
The aircraft was crop-spraying for the "Rossiya" collective farm with two passengers on board. Control was lost in a steep turn at 15–20m (49–66ft) and the aircraft crashed and burned out. The crew was apparently drunk.
Ditched in shallow waters following loss of power in one of the engines shortly after takeoff from Mys Shmidta Airport. Due to operate an ice reconnaissance flight.
The aircraft was on a survey flight along the shore of the East Siberian Sea, from Cape Schmidt to Pevek Airport, when one of its wings hit coastal cliffs, causing it to crash.
Shortly after takeoff, at 100–200m (330–660ft), the left engine failed. The crew decided to return to Labinsk but while turning back the aircraft began to roll to the left and started losing altitude. A wheels-up emergency landing was made in an alfalfa field near the airport.
Crashed into the terrain on approach to Leninakan Airport, following an erroneous instrument setting on the aircraft, barometric altimeter. It was operating a training/cargo service between Ulyanovsk and Leninakan.
The aircraft was completing a domestic scheduled Perm–Tyumen passenger service as Flight 37577, when it collided with trees on approach to Tyumen Airport and crashed.
After takeoff the aircraft encountered icing conditions and fog, which the crew did not know about. Icing caused a loss of engine power. The crew then decided to return to the airport but airspeed decreased further until the aircraft stalled and crashed. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Dzhambul-Zhezhazgan passenger service as Flight 587.
↑ "World airline safety audit". Flight International: 29 – , 34. 26 January 1985. Retrieved 19 February 2012. For Aeroflot we can list only those accidents which reached the ears of Western reporters, either because foreign nationals were killed or because the accident occurred outside the Soviet Union. We do not know how many Aeroflot accidents have occurred in total.
↑ "Accidents". Flight International: 228. 26 July 1980. Retrieved 20 January 2012. All 163 passengers and crew aboard an Aeroflot airliner were killed when it crashed near the Asian city of Alma Ata at the beginning of a flight to Simferpol[sic], 1,500 miles away in the Crimea, on 7 July.
↑ Irina Antonova (17 December 2010). Как Ан-24 сел на рисовое поле[How the An-24 landed on the rice field]. Il Tumen Parliamentary Newspaper (in Russian). Archived from the original on 27 December 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
↑ Hakeberg, Anna Sofia (28 May 2016). "Flygaren är tillbaka på ön – 30 år efter dramat"[The aviator is back on the island - 30 years after the drama]. www.helagotland.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 16 July 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2016. This weekend opens a new exhibit on Gotland Defence Museum. Enthusiasts have restored the Soviet plane that crashed at Östergarnsholm midst of the Cold War.
↑ Stenström, Nils-Åke (2015). "Rysskärran klar för visning"[Russian rust bucket ready for viewing](PDF). P 18 - A 7 - Lv 2 - KA 3 Kamratföreningars Tidskrift (in Swedish) (13). Visby: Försvarsmakten, P 18, A 7, Lv 2, KA 3 Kamratföreningar: 16. SELIBR14706548. When passing Östergarnsholm they discover, next to the beach on the island, the fin of an airplane sticking out of the water.
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