Aeroflot Flight 5143
Wreckage of CCCP-85311 | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | July 10, 1985 |
| Summary | High-altitude stall, and crash |
| Site | Kyzylkum Desert, near Uchkuduk, Uzbek SSR 42°14′23.4″N 64°10′15.4″E / 42.239833°N 64.170944°E |
| Aircraft | |
| An Aeroflot Tu-154B-2, similar to the accident aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Tupolev Tu-154B-2 |
| Operator | Aeroflot (Tashkent Aviation Unit) |
| IATA flight No. | SU5143 |
| ICAO flight No. | AFL5143 |
| Call sign | AEROFLOT 5143 |
| Registration | CCCP-85311 |
| Flight origin | Karshi Airport Karshi, Uzbek SSR |
| Stopover | Ufa Airport Ufa, Russian SFSR |
| Destination | Pulkovo Airport Leningrad, Russian SFSR |
| Occupants | 200 |
| Passengers | 191 |
| Crew | 9 |
| Fatalities | 200 |
| Survivors | 0 |
Aeroflot Flight 5143 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight between the Soviet cities of Karshi and Leningrad with a stopover in Ufa, operated by the Uzbek division of Aeroflot. On July 10, 1985, the Tupolev Tu-154 operating the flight was involved in an aviation accident when it crashed due to a high-attitude stall in the Kyzylkum Desert, near the city of Uchkuduk. The crash resulted in the deaths of all 200 occupants onboard the flight, making it the deadliest accident in the Soviet Union and Uzbekistan and the deadliest crash of Aeroflot's Tu-154s in service.