Aeroflot Flight 2003
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An Aeroflot Tu-124, similar to the accident aircraft | |
| Accident summary | |
|---|---|
| Date | 3 January 1976 |
| Summary | Instrument failure |
| Site | Vnukovo International Airport, Moscow, Russia |
| Passengers | 56 |
| Crew | 5 |
| Injuries (non-fatal) | 0 |
| Fatalities | 62 (all on board, plus one on ground) |
| Survivors | 0 |
| Aircraft type | Tupolev Tu-124V |
| Operator | Aeroflot, North Kavkaz Civil Aviation Directorate |
| Registration | CCCP-45037 |
| Flight origin | Vnukovo International Airport (VKO/UUWW) |
| Stopover | Minsk-1 International Airport (MHP/UMMM) |
| Destination | Brest Airport (BQT/UMBB) |
Aeroflot Flight 2003 was operated on 3 January 1976 by a Tupolev Tu-124, registration CCCP-45037, when it crashed 7 km after take-off from Moscow–Vnukovo Airport (VKO/UUWW), on a domestic flight to Minsk-1 International Airport (MHP/UMMM), and Brest Airport (BQT/UMBB), Belarus. The crash killed all sixty-one on board and one in a house on the ground.[1]
Description of the accident
The aircraft was on initial climb-out following take-off; as it entered clouds both artificial horizons failed, so the crew had no visual reference. The aircraft banked to the left, dived and crashed into a house 7 km from Vnukovo International Airport.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 28 July 2013.
- ↑ "Soviet Transport Database". Dutch Aviation Society.
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