Aeroflot Flight 964

Aeroflot Flight 964
Accident summary
An Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-104B similar to the aircraft involved
Date	13 October 1973
Summary	Spatial disorientation after electrical failure
Site	16 km north-west of Domodedovo Airport
Passengers	114
Crew	8
Fatalities	122
Survivors	0
Aircraft type	Tupolev Tu-104
Operator	Aeroflot
Registration	CCCP-42486
Flight origin	Kutaisi Airport, Georgia
Destination	Domodedovo Airport, Moscow, Russia

Aeroflot Flight 964 was a flight operated by Aeroflot from Kutaisi Airport, Georgia to Domodedovo Airport, Moscow, Russia. On 13 October 1973 a Tupolev Tu-104 operating on the route crashed during its approach to Moscow, killing all 122 passengers and crew on board. This was the deadliest accident involving a Tupolev Tu-104.^[1]

Accident

During the approach at night and with bad visibility the power supply of the compass and the artificial horizon failed. The crew lost spatial orientation, entered a spin to the left and crashed in a field 16 km north-west of Domodedovo Airport.^[2] All 114 passengers, including 8 irregular ones, and 8 crew were killed.^[2]

References

↑ "Accident synopsis, Tupolev Tu-104 CCCP-42486". Aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
1 2 "The Soviet Transport Database". Scramble / Dutch Aviation Society. Retrieved 30 December 2012.

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Coordinates: 55°29′52″N 37°39′50″E / 55.4977°N 37.6639°E / 55.4977; 37.6639

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