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Aeroflot accidents and incidents in the 1990s

Aeroflot accidents and incidents in the 1990s

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After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in December 1991 (1991-12), its former republics started establishing their own carriers from the corresponding directorates Aeroflot had at these countries, causing the airline to shrink drastically.[1][2][3] The fleet reduced from several thousand aircraft to a number slightly over 100 in 1993,[4] helping the former Soviet Union's national airline to improve its accidents and incidents record sharply. The company experienced 42 events between 1990 and 1991 only, and had 41 occurrences in the rest of the decade. Despite this, the three deadliest accidents the airline went through in the decade occurred in the post-Soviet era, leaving a death toll of 257, each one involving more than 50 fatalities.

An Airbus A310-300, similar to the one involved in the crash of Flight 593, is seen here on short final to London Heathrow Airport in August 1994.

The worst accident involved a Tupolev Tu-134A that contacted trees on approach to Ivanovo Airport in August 1992 (1992-08), crashing and killing all 84 passengers and crew on board.[5] The most infamous crash and the second worst accident for the company in the decade occurred in March 1994 (1994-03) when an Airbus A310 that was flying the MoscowHong Kong route crashed in the Kemerovo Oblast shortly after the captain's son manipulated the controls of the aircraft, with the loss of 75 lives.[6][7]

Overall, 525 people lost their lives either on board Aeroflot aircraft or on the ground. The number of aircraft the airline wrote off during the decade fell to 71, split into an Airbus A310-300, two Antonov An-12s, an Antonov An-124, 20 Antonov An-2s, five Antonov An-24s, two Antonov An-26s, five Antonov An-28s, two Ilyushin Il-14s, four Ilyushin Il-62s, two Ilyushin Il-76s, two Ilyushin Il-86s, five Let L-410s, six Tupolev Tu-134s, six Tupolev Tu-154s, seven Yakovlev Yak-40s and a Yakovlev Yak-42.

Following is a list of the accidents and incidents Aeroflot experienced during the decade.

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Footnotes

Notes

  1. Figures for both the occupants of the airliner and the fatalities vary.[9][10]:33
  2. Both the number of casualties and the number of occupants aboard are in discrepancy.[10]:34[23]
  3. There exists a discrepancy over the death toll, as it was claimed it rose to 42 —37 passengers and a crew of 5—,[55] or 41 —37 passengers and a crew of 4—,[58]
  4. The date of occurrence is discrepant.[5][70]

References

  1. "CIS authorises new operator licenses" (PDF). Flight International: 10. 7–11 July 1992. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
  2. "World Airline Directory–Aeroflot - Soviet Airlines" (PDF). Flight International: 32. 25–31 March 1992. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
  3. Duffy, Paul (4–10 September 1991). "Changing the face of Aeroflot" (PDF). Flight International: 22. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
  4. "All change at Aeroflot" (PDF). Flight International: 47–48. 20–26 October 1993. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
  5. "Катастрофа Ту-134А Волгоградского ОАО в районе г.Первоуральск" [Accident Tu-134 Pervouralsk] (in Russian). airdisaster.ru. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
  6. "1990 world airline safety – Fatal accidents: non-passenger flights". Flight International: 34. 16–22 January 1991. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
  7. "Катастрофа Як-42 Волгоградского ОАО в а/п Кольцово" [Accident Yak-42 Sverdlovsk] (in Russian). airdisaster.ru. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
  8. Hijacking description at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 14 March 2012.
  9. Velovich, Alexander (15–21 May 1991). "Soviet civil aviation faces fares/fuel ferment". Flight International. Moscow: 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2012. The worst accident was on 23 March in Navoee in the Central Asian Republic of Uzbekistan, when the crew of four and 30 passengers on an Antonov An-24 regional airliner died.
  10. "Катастрофа Ту-154Б-1 Ленинградского УГА в а/п Пулково" [Accident Tu-154B-1 Pulkovo] (in Russian). airdisaster.ru. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
  11. Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 30 November 2016.
  12. Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 15 March 2012.
  13. "Airline safety review – Fatal accidents: regional and commuter operations". Flight International: 22. 27 January – 4 February 1992. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 August 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
  14. Hijacking description at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 30 November 2016.
  15. "AIRLINE SAFETY REVIEW – FATAL ACCIDENTS: SCHEDULED PASSENGER FLIGHTS" (PDF). Flight International: 29. 27 January – 2 February 1993. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
  16. Accident description for VT-SIA at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 6 September 2011.
  17. "SAFETY CURTAIN". Flight International: 30. 20–26 July 1994. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 June 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2011. An airline training flight in a Boeing 737-220 ended in disaster at Delhi International Airport, India, when its wreckage hit an Aeroflot-Russian International Airlines (ARIA) Ilyushin Il-86 on the parking ramp. The Il-86 was destroyed and servicing personnel and airport employees killed.
  18. "75 Dead in a Crash Of a Russian Airbus On Hong Kong Run". The New York Times. 23 March 1994. Archived from the original on 2016-01-06. Retrieved 31 March 2012.
  19. "Crash of a PZL-Mielec AN-2 in Oktyabresky". Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives. Archived from the original on 2015-04-03. Retrieved 2 April 2015. Location: Oktyabrsky, Republic of Bashkortostan
  20. Spinelli, Andrea; Duffy, Paul (16–22 October 1992). "An-124 crashes on approach to Turin". Flight International: 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2012.
  21. "Катастрофа Ан-124-100 'Руслан' а/к Аэрофлот в Турине" [Accident An-124-100 Turin] (in Russian). airdisaster.ru. Retrieved 18 October 2012.

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