Aeroflot Flight 411

Aeroflot Flight 411
CCCP-86513, the aircraft involved in the accident, three months before the crash
Accident
Date6 July 1982 (1982-07-06)
SummaryLow-altitude stall
SiteMendeleyevo, Moscow Oblast, Soviet Union
Aircraft
Aircraft typeIlyushin Il-62M
OperatorAeroflot
IATA flight No.SU411
ICAO flight No.AFL411
Call signAEROFLOT 411
RegistrationСССР-86513
Flight originMoscow, Soviet Union
StopoverDakar, Senegal
DestinationFreetown, Sierra Leone
Occupants90
Passengers80
Crew10
Fatalities90
Survivors0

Aeroflot Flight 411 was an international scheduled flight from Sheremetyevo Airport, Moscow to Freetown, Sierra Leone via Dakar in Senegal. Early on 6 July 1982, the four-engined Ilyushin Il-62 crashed and was destroyed by fire after two engines were shut down shortly after take-off. All 90 passengers and crew on board died as a result of the accident.