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Aeroflot accidents and incidents in the 1970s

Aeroflot accidents and incidents in the 1970s

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Aeroflot, the Soviet Union's national carrier, experienced a number of serious accidents and incidents during the 1970s. The airline's worst accident during the decade took place in August 1979 (1979-08), when two Tupolev Tu-134s were involved in a mid-air collision over the Ukrainian city then named Dniprodzerzhinsk, with the loss of 178 lives. Including this event, there were nine deadly incidents with more than 100 fatalities, while the total recorded number of casualties was 3,541 for the decade.

A Tupolev Tu-134, similar to both aircraft involved in the August 1979 mid-air collision, is seen here on final approach to Zurich Airport in 1983.

Almost all of the events shown below occurred within the Soviet Union. Certain Western media conjectured that the Soviet government was reluctant to publicly admit the occurrence of such events, which might render these figures higher, as fatal events would have only been admitted when there were foreigners aboard the crashed aircraft, the accident took place in a foreign country, or they reached the news for some reason.[1][2] However, no significant amount of unreported serious accidents have emerged after the dissolution of the USSR, in any of its then-constituent republics.

The Antonov An-10, which entered the fleet in 1957,[3] was withdrawn from service following an accident that occurred in May 1972 (1972-05) and killed all 122 people on board. In the decade, the company lost six aircraft of the type. Aeroflot also retired the Tu-124 (entered the fleet in 1962) following a 1979 accident that killed all 63 on board. The company lost seven aircraft of the type in the decade. Other types lost in accidents/incidents were 170 Antonov An-2s, 18 Antonov An-12s, two Antonov An-22s, 31 Antonov An-24s, three Antonov An-26s, three Avia 14s, one Beriev Be-30, 13 Ilyushin Il-14s, 19 Ilyushin Il-18s, two Ilyushin Il-62s, two Let L-410 Turbolets, six Lisunov Li-2s, 16 Tupolev Tu-104s, seven Tupolev Tu-134s, six Tupolev Tu-154s, and 27 Yakovlev Yak-40s. This totals to 339 aircraft lost in this decade.

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  1. There exists a discrepancy over the death toll, as it was also claimed it rose to 93.[40]
  2. This event has also been reported to have taken place in August 1971 (1971-08); there is a discrepancy in the number of fatalities.[40][62]
  3. There exists a discrepancy over the number of fatalities, as it was claimed to be 108,[101] and 122.[102]
  4. Both the date of occurrence and the number of fatalities are discrepant for this accident. It is claimed it took place on 1 October,[121] or 2 October;[101] the death toll was reported to be 109,[121] or 100.[101]
  5. Figures for the death toll of this accident are discrepant, as the number of fatalities was reported to be 174,[124] or 176.[125]
  6. There exists a discrepancy over the number of fatalities, as it was claimed to be 109,[211] and 118.[212]
  7. The accident date was also reported as 28 July.[301]

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  1. "Flight safety 1977—a safe year for scheduled passengers". Flight International: 182. 21 January 1978. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
  2. "Aeroflot flies blind". Flight International. 11 December 1976. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
  3. "Commercial aircraft of the world – An-10A Ukraine". Flight International: 112. 25 July 1958. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
  4. "Катастрофа Ил-18В Узбекского УГА близ Самарканда" [Accident Il-18V near Samarkand] (in Russian). airdisaster.ru. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  5. "Авария Ан-2 Украинского УГА в районе Черновцов" [Accident An-2 Chernivtsi region] (in Russian). airdisaster.ru. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  6. "Aeroflot known accident record 1966–76". Flight International: 1695. 11 December 1976. Archived from the original on 6 November 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
  7. "Авария Ил-14М Архангельского УГА в а/п Кировск, Мурманская область" [Accident Il-14M Kirovsk Airport] (in Russian). airdisaster.ru. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  8. "Катастрофа Ан-10 Приволжского УГА близ Ворошиловграда" [Accident An-10 Voroshilovgrad] (in Russian). airdisaster.ru. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
  9. "Авария Ан-24 УГАЦ в районе а/п Быково" [Accident An-24 near Bykovo Airport] (in Russian). airdisaster.ru. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  10. "Авария Ан-12Б Якутского УГА в а/п Батагай" [Accident An-12 Batagay Airport] (in Russian). airdisaster.ru. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  11. "Катастрофа Ан-2 УГАЦиА в Клепиковском районе Рязанской области" [Accident An-2 Klepikovsky district, Ryazan Oblast] (in Russian). airdisaster.ru. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  12. "Катастрофа Ан-2 УГАЦ в Почёпском районе Брянской области" [Accident An-2 Pochop District, Bryansk Oblast] (in Russian). airdisaster.ru. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  13. "Катастрофа Ту-104Б Толмачевского ОАО в а/п Иркутск" [Accident Tupolev Tu-104 Irkutsk Airport] (in Russian). airdisaster.ru. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  14. "Авария Як-40 УГАЦ в а/п Липецк" [Accident Yak-40 Lipetsk Airport] (in Russian). airdisaster.ru. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  15. "Авария Бе-30 Быковского ОАО УГАЦ в районе а/п Быково" [Accident Be-30 near Bykovo Airport] (in Russian). airdisaster.ru. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  16. "Авария Ан-10 Молдавского УГА в а/п Кишинев" [Accident An-10 Kishinev] (in Russian). airdisaster.ru. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  17. "Катастрофа Ан-24Б Украинского УГА в а/п Винница" [Accident An-24 near Vinnitsa Airport] (in Russian). airdisaster.ru. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  18. "Авария Ил-14 Магаданского УГА в а/п Бараниха, Чукотский АО" [Accident Il-14 Baranikha Airport] (in Russian). airdisaster.ru. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  19. "Авария Ан-24 УГАЦ близ Липецка" [Accident An-24 near Lipetsk] (in Russian). airdisaster.ru. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  20. "Accidents to public transport operator's aircraft – 1972—Scheduled passenger flights". Flight International: 92. 18 January 1973. Retrieved 11 January 2012.
  21. "Aircraft losses". Flight International: 748. 25 May 1972. Retrieved 9 September 2011. An Aeroflot An-10 is reported to have crashed at Kharkov with the loss of all on board on May 18.
  22. "Катастрофа Ан-2 Мячковского ОАО УГАЦиА в Луховицком районе Московской области" [Accident An-2 Lukhovitsky District, Moscow Oblast] (in Russian). airdisaster.ru. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  23. "Катастрофа Ил-18В Казахского УГА близ Магнитогорска" [Accident Il-18V near Magnitogorsk] (in Russian). airdisaster.ru. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
  24. "Катастрофа Ил-18В Московского ТУ ГА в районе а/п Сочи (Адлер)" [Accident Il-18V Sochi (Adler)] (in Russian). airdisaster.ru. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
  25. "ACCIDENTS TO PUBLIC TRANSPORT OPERATORS' AIRCRAFT – 1972—NON-SCHEDULED PASSENGER FLIGHTS". Flight International: 92. 18 January 1973. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
  26. "Aeroflot accident at Moscow". Flight International: 517. 19 October 1972. Retrieved 3 September 2011. In what seems likely to be the world's worst aircraft accident, 168 passengers and eight crew were killed when an Il-62 of Aeroflot crashed on the approach to Moscow, Sheremetyevo, Airport on October 13. The aircraft was on a non-scheduled flight from Paris via Leningrad and it was reported to have crashed while making its approach in bad weather.
  27. "Авария Ан-12Б Московского ТУ ГА в а/п Воркута" [Accident An-12B Vorkuta Airport] (in Russian). airdisaster.ru. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  28. "Катастрофа Ил-18В Таджикского УГА близ Ленинабада" [Accident Il-18V near Leninabad] (in Russian). airdisaster.ru. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
  29. "Катастрофа Як-40 Казахского УГА близ аэропорта Семипалатинска" [Accident Yak-40 Semipalatinsk Airport] (in Russian). airdisaster.ru. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
  30. "Чрезвычайное происшествие с Ту-104 Северного УГА в а/п Ленинград" [Emergency incident Tu-104 at Leningrad Airport] (in Russian). airdisaster.ru. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  31. "Авария Ан-2М УГАЦ в районе Курска" [Accident An-2M Kursk Oblast] (in Russian). airdisaster.ru. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  32. "Взрыв на борту и катастрофа Ту-104А Восточно-Сибирского УГА в районе Читы" [Explosion and crash Tu-104A Chita] (in Russian). airdisaster.ru. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
  33. "Aeroflot crash at Amman". Flight International: 4. 5 July 1973. Retrieved 3 September 2011. An Aeroflot Tu-134, CCCP 65668, crashed on take-off from Amman, Jordan, on June 30. The aircraft appeared to fail to get airborne and overran the runway by 500m before striking a house. Of the 77 passengers and crew, one passenger and one crew were killed; in addition seven people on the ground were killed. The aircraft was operating a scheduled service to Beirut; Reuter reported that the flight-data recorder was recovered on July 1.
  34. "Катастрофа Ан-12Б Якутского УГА близ Магадана" [Accident An-12B Magadan] (in Russian). airdisaster.ru. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  35. "Public transport accidents". Flight International: 688. 25 October 1973. Archived from the original on 3 February 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2012. An Aeroflot Tu-104 crashed on landing at Moscow Domodedovo on October 13. The aircraft was at the end of a flight from Tbilisi. The total number of people on board has not been announced, but there were 28 fatalities.
  36. "Авария Ту-124В Приволжского УГА в а/п Казань" [Accident Tu-124V Kazan Airport] (in Russian). airdisaster.ru. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  37. "Катастрофа Ту-104Б Грузинского УГА в а/п Домодедово" [Accident Tu-104B Domodeovo] (in Russian). airdisaster.ru. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  38. "Катастрофа Ту-124В Литовского УГА в Волоколамском р-не МО" [Accident Tu-124V in Volochamsk district] (in Russian). airdisaster.ru. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
  39. "Катастрофа Ту-124В Приволжского УГА близ Львова" [Accident Tu-124V Lviv] (in Russian). airdisaster.ru. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  40. "ASN Accident description xx XXX 1974 Lisunov Li-2 CCCP-04342". Archived from the original on 9 November 2005. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  41. "Катастрофа Ан-24Б Украинского УГА близ Мукачево" [Accident An-24B Mukachevo] (in Russian). airdisaster.ru. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  42. "Авария Як-40 Приволжского УГА в а/п Казань" [Accident Yak-40 Kazan Airport] (in Russian). airdisaster.ru. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  43. Hugh Field (23 January 1975). "The 1974 fatal accidents – FATAL ACCIDENTS: SCHEDULED PASSENGER SERVICES". Flight International: 115. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
  44. "Катастрофа Як-40 Липецкого ОАО в а/п Ростов-на-Дону" [Accident Yak-40 Roston-ov-Don] (in Russian). airdisaster.ru. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  45. "Катастрофа Як-40 Украинского УГА близ Киева" [Accident Yak-40 near Kiev] (in Russian). airdisaster.ru. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  46. "Катастрофа Ан-2М УГАЦиА в Грибановском районе Воронежской области" [Accident An-2 Gribanovsky District, Voronezh Oblast] (in Russian). airdisaster.ru. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  47. "The clash in the air An-2 and Mi-8 in the a/p Surgut". airdisaster.ru. Dmitry Yertsov, Alexander Fetisov. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  48. "Катастрофа Як-40 Таджикского УГА в а/п Бухара" [Accident Yak-40 Bukhara] (in Russian). airdisaster.ru. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  49. "Авария Ил-18В МУТА ГА в а/п Красноярск" [Accident Il-18V Krasnoyarsk Airport] (in Russian). airdisaster.ru. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  50. "Катастрофа Як-40 Азербайджанского УГА близ Красноводска" [Accident An-2 Omsk Airport] (in Russian). airdisaster.ru. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  51. "Катастрофа Як-40 Азербайджанского УГА близ Красноводска" [Accident Yak-40 Krasnovodsk] (in Russian). airdisaster.ru. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
  52. "Катастрофа Як-40 Латвийского УГА в Новгороде" [Accident Yak-40 Novgorod] (in Russian). airdisaster.ru. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
  53. "Катастрофа Ан-24Б Белорусского УГА близ Харькова" [Accident An-24B Kharkov] (in Russian). airdisaster.ru. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
  54. "Катастрофа Ту-124В Белорусского УГА в районе а/п Внуково" [Accident Tu-124V Vnukovo] (in Russian). airdisaster.ru. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
  55. "Авария Ан-2 УГАЦ в Тульской области" [Accident An-2 Tula Oblast] (in Russian). airdisaster.ru. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  56. "Авария Ту-104А Восточно-Сибирского УГА в а/п Чита" [Accident Tu-104A Chita Airport] (in Russian). airdisaster.ru. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  57. "Катастрофа Ан-2 УГАЦ в Родниковском районе Ивановской области" [Accident An-2 Rodnikovsky District, Ivanovo Oblast] (in Russian). airdisaster.ru. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  58. "Public-transport accidents". Flight International: 1694. 11 December 1976. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
  59. "Катастрофа Ту-104Б Ленинградского ОАО в районе а/п Шереметьево" [Accident Tu-104B Sheremetyevo Airport] (in Russian). airdisaster.ru. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  60. "Катастрофа Ан-24 Украинского УГА в р-не а/п Жуляны" [Accident An-24 Zhulyany] (in Russian). airdisaster.ru. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  61. "Airline accidents". Flight International: 332. 12 February 1977. Retrieved 3 September 2011. The crash of an Aeroflot Tu-104 near Alma Ata is now believed to have happened on January 13. The aircraft is said to have been carrying between 90 and 96 passengers and crew, all of whom were killed. Witnesses have reported that the aircraft exploded at a height of 1,000ft while apparently orbiting to burn off fuel following an engine failure. The aircraft was flying from Khabarovsk to Doushanbe and had made a scheduled stop at Novosibirsk.
  62. "Airline accidents". Flight International: 212. 29 January 1977. Retrieved 3 September 2011. An Aeroflot Tu-104 is reported to have crashed near Alma Ata early in January, killing all 90 people on board. Engine failure is mentioned in reports reaching the West.
  63. "Катастрофа Ту-104А Дальневосточного УГА в районе а/п Алма-Ата" [Accident Tu-104A Alma-Ata] (in Russian). airdisaster.ru. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  64. "Airline accidents". Flight International: 507. 5 March 1977. Retrieved 3 September 2011. An Aeroflot Il-18 crashed on February 15 while on a scheduled flight from Tashkent to Mineralniye Vody. The airline says that there were fatalities but will reveal no further details of the accident.
  65. "Катастрофа Ил-18В Узбекского УГА в районе Минеральных Вод" [Accident Il-18V Mineralnye Vody] (in Russian). airdisaster.ru. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  66. "Катастрофа Як-40 Украинского УГА близ Жданова" [Accident Yak-40 Zhdanov] (in Russian). airdisaster.ru. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  67. "Катастрофа Ил-62М ЦУ МВС близ Гаваны (Куба)" [Accident Il-62M Havana] (in Russian). airdisaster.ru. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
  68. "Катастрофа Ан-24РВ Тюменского УГА в Тарко-Сале" [Accident An-24RV Tarko-Sale] (in Russian). airdisaster.ru. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  69. "Авария Ан-2 УГАЦ в Мещовском районе Калужской области" [Accident An-2 Meshchovsky District, Kaluga Oblast] (in Russian). airdisaster.ru. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  70. "Авария Як-40 Якутского УГА в а/п Алдан" [Accident Yak-40 Aldan Airport] (in Russian). airdisaster.ru. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  71. "Катастрофа Як-40 Казахского УГА близ а/п Кольцово" [Accident Yak-40 near Koltsovo] (in Russian). airdisaster.ru. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  72. "ASN Aircraft accident unknown registration unknown". Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  73. "Катастрофа Ан-24Б Украинского УГА близ а/п Минск-1" [Accident An-24 Minsk-1] (in Russian). airdisaster.ru. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  74. "Катастрофа Ан-26 Уральского УГА в а/п Байкит" [Accident An-26 Baykit Airport] (in Russian). airdisaster.ru. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  75. "Катастрофа Л-410М Смоленского ОАО близ а/п Ленинград-Ржевка" [Accident L-410M near Leningrad-Rzhevka Airport] (in Russian). airdisaster.ru. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
  76. "Катастрофа Ту-124В Приволжского УГА в Тамбовской области" [Accident Tu-124V Kirsanov] (in Russian). airdisaster.ru. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  77. "Катастрофа Як-40 Ленинградского УГА близ а/п Вологда" [Accident Yak-40 Vologda] (in Russian). airdisaster.ru. Retrieved 26 November 2012.

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