Aeroflot flight 1036
Coordinates: 43 ° 23 ′ 13 ″ N , 39 ° 53 ′ 54 ″ E
| Aeroflot flight 1036 | |
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 An Aeroflot Il-18 similar to the one that crashed |
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| Accident summary | |
| Accident type | unexplained |
| place | Black Sea , about 6 to 10 km west of Sochi Airport |
| date | 1st October 1972 |
| Fatalities | 109 |
| Survivors | 0 |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Ilyushin Il-18W |
| operator | Aeroflot |
| Mark | CCCP-75507 |
| Departure airport | Sochi airport |
| Destination airport | Moscow Vnukovo Airport |
| Passengers | 101 |
| crew | 8th |
| Lists of aviation accidents | |
The Aeroflot Flight 1036 was a scheduled flight from Sochi to Moscow on which an Ilyushin Il-18 on October 1, 1972, just after the launch accident.
Flight history
The Il-18 took off from Sochi Airport at 19:21 local time on a heading 240 °. About a minute later, the pilots were instructed to make a right turn in the direction of Lazarevskoye and climb to 3000 meters. Shortly after the Ilyushin Il-18 took the right turn, the four-engine propeller plane suddenly tilted sharply to the left and crashed into the Black Sea at 7:25 p.m. from about 150 to 250 meters . At 7:40 p.m., the Navy was informed of the plane crash and found the first wreckage and body parts at around 11:52 p.m. All 109 people on board died.
Cause of accident
The cause of the accident could not be clarified, as much of the debris of the Il-18 could not be recovered. The debris is about 600 meters deep on a 45 ° steep slope, which is covered with a thick layer of mud. The few debris recovered were examined, but no traces of fire or a bomb could be found.