Aeroflot Flight 902
A Tupolev Tu-104A, similar to the accident aircraft | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 30 June 1962 |
| Summary | Stall, loss of control (official) / Accidental shootdown (unofficial) |
| Site | Beryozovsky District, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Soviet Union |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Tupolev Tu-104A |
| Operator | Aeroflot/Far East |
| Registration | СССР-42370 |
| Flight origin | Khabarovsk Airport |
| 1st stopover | Omsk Airport |
| 2nd stopover | Irkutsk Airport |
| Destination | Vnukovo Airport |
| Occupants | 84 |
| Passengers | 76 |
| Crew | 8 |
| Fatalities | 84 |
| Survivors | 0 |
Aeroflot Flight 902 was a passenger flight on a scheduled domestic service from Khabarovsk to Moscow, with intermediate stops at Irkutsk and Omsk, Russia. The flight was operated by a Tu-104A aircraft. On 30 June 1962, with 76 passengers (including 14 children) and 8 crew members aboard, the flight departed Irkutsk on schedule, and made a timely report 50 kilometers from Krasnoyarsk. A few minutes later, an agitated voice later identified as that of the co-pilot made an incoherent emergency transmission with a background of an unusual noise. Repeated subsequent attempts to contact the flight failed.
The aircraft's wreckage was found 28 km east of Krasnoyarsk Airport, in flat terrain with small areas of forest. Investigators subsequently determined that the plane had impacted the ground upside-down at an angle of 40°. There were no survivors.