Aeroflot Flight 2003
1976 aviation accident / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Aeroflot Flight 2003 was operated on 3 January 1976 by a Tupolev Tu-124, registration СССР-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][2]
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Date | 3 January 1976 |
Summary | Instrument failure |
Site | Vnukovo International Airport, Moscow, Russia 55°35′13″N 37°9′30″E |
Total fatalities | 62 |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Tupolev Tu-124V |
Operator | Aeroflot, North Kavkaz Civil Aviation Directorate |
Registration | СССР-45037 |
Flight origin | Vnukovo International Airport (VKO/UUWW) |
Stopover | Minsk-1 International Airport (MHP/UMMM) |
Destination | Brest Airport (BQT/UMBB) |
Passengers | 56 |
Crew | 5 |
Fatalities | 62 (all on board, plus one on ground) |
Survivors | 0 |
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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.[3][4]
- Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 28 July 2013.
- "Туполев Ту-124В Бортовой №: СССР-45037". russianplanes.net. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
- "Soviet Transport Database". Dutch Aviation Society.
- "Катастрофа Ту-124В Белорусского УГА в районе а/п Внуково". www.airdisaster.ru. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
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