Aeroflot flight 773
| Aeroflot flight 773 | |
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 Aeroflot aircraft of the same construction |
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| Accident summary | |
| Accident type | Bomb attack |
| place | Near the village of Baranovo 10 km southwest of Moscow-Vnukovo Airport , Soviet Union |
| date | October 10, 1971 |
| Fatalities | 25th |
| Survivors | 0 |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Tupolev Tu-104B |
| operator | Aeroflot |
| Mark | CCCP-42490 |
| Departure airport | Moscow Vnukovo Airport |
| Destination airport | Simferopol airport |
| Passengers | 18th |
| crew | 7th |
| Lists of aviation accidents | |
On October 10, 1971, a Tupolev Tu-104 crashed on the domestic flight Aeroflot flight 773 from Moscow to Simferopol shortly after take-off, killing all 25 occupants.
plane
The aircraft involved was an eleven-year-old Tupolev Tu-104B with the air vehicle registration СССР-42490, with two AM-3 Mikulin -Turbojet engines equipped.
Inmates
The crew consisted of captain Konstantin Romanowitsch Kljuschnik, first officer Anatoli Efimowitsch Vorobewski, flight engineer Valentin Alexejewitsch Besrodny, navigator Vladimir Alexejewitsch Solodjannikow, radio operator Viktor Ivanovich Obedkow, and two flight attendants . There were also 17 passengers on board and a police officer who was counted as a passenger.
course
The plane landed at 7:02 p.m. after a flight from Simferopol to Moscow. After the start of the return flight, the pilots reported to the departure controller in the tower at 20:16:24 that they were climbing . They then contacted the area pilot and reported that they had set a course for Chornaya Grjas . The air traffic controller then gave clearance to climb to 1500 m. At 20:16:44 hrs, he instructed the pilot to report when he reached an altitude of 1200 m. However, the pilots did not confirm this and did not answer the following questions.
40 minutes after radio contact was broken, an organized search found the aircraft's 1,100 m long and 315 m wide field of debris near the village of Baranovo, 10 km southwest of Moscow Vnukovo Airport. All 25 inmates died.
Investigations
During the investigations it was found that the aircraft hit the ground at a speed of 550–600 km / h and a bank angle of 90 ° to the right after it had cut the cables of a power pole . Parts of the outer skin and the cargo hold floor, as well as parts of the cladding of the aircraft seats and other debris were found 2700 m before the aircraft's point of impact; many of them showed signs of fire. Finally, the investigators found a cause of accidents as explosion of a 400 to 800 g heavy explosive charge fixed 7 to 15 seconds after the last instruction of the air traffic controller. The explosive device was placed in the rear passenger cabin in the area of frames 43-45 between a passenger seat and the cabin wall. The pressure wave damaged the outer skin, several stringers and ribs on the left side and the flight controls , causing the aircraft to tilt to the right, parts of the aircraft detached at an altitude of 150-200 m and the aircraft finally hit at 8:17 pm .
The investigations also revealed deficiencies in the handling of the machine in Simferopol, the ticket sales and boarding in Vnukowo. The investigation was finally closed in 1973, whereby the perpetrator could not be identified.
See also
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- Aircraft accident data and report CCCP-42490 in the Aviation Safety Network (English)
- Description of the aircraft accident on airdisaster.ru
- Description of the aircraft accident on Avia.pro
Coordinates: 55 ° 56 ′ 34 ″ N , 37 ° 13 ′ 9 ″ E