Attacks on two aircraft in Russia on August 24, 2004

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Volga Avia Express flight 1353
Accident summary
Accident type Suicide bombing
place near Butschalki / Proschtschenoje ,
Tula Oblast
53 ° 45 ′ 27.2 ″  N , 38 ° 46 ′ 32.1 ″  E
date August 24, 2004
Fatalities 44
Survivors 0
Injured 0
Aircraft
Aircraft type Tupolev Tu-134A-3
operator Volga Awia Express (G6 / WLG)
Mark RA-65080
Departure airport Moscow Domodedovo (DME / UUDD)
Destination airport Volgograd (VOG / URWW)
Passengers 35
crew 9
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In the attacks on August 24, 2004 , two Russian passenger planes that had taken off from Moscow-Domodedovo Airport were brought down by explosives during the flight . 90 people were killed; there were no survivors. In both cases the debris was scattered over a large area.

Volga Avia Express flight 1353

Tupolev Tu-134A (RA-65080) in June 2004

The plane of the scheduled flight Volga-Aviaexpress 1353 ( Russian Волга-Авиаэкспресс 1353), a Tupolev Tu-134A-3 with the aircraft registration number RA-65080, flew from Moscow to Volgograd Airport . It started at 6:15 p.m. GMT and was lost at 6:56 p.m. GMT. There were 35 passengers and 9 crew members on board.

It crashed near the villages of Butschalki / Proschtschenoje , Tula Oblast .

Siberia Airlines flight 1047
Accident summary
Accident type Suicide bombing
place near Gluboki , Rostov Oblast
date August 24, 2004
Fatalities 46
Survivors 0
Injured 0
Aircraft
Aircraft type Tupolev 154B-2
operator Sibir Airlines (S7 / SBI)
Mark RA-85556
Departure airport Moscow Domodedovo (DME / UUDD)
Destination airport Sochi (AER / URSS)
Passengers 38
crew 8th
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Siberia Airline Flight 1047

The Siberia Airlines flight 1047, a Tupolev Tu-154B-2 with registration number RA-85556, was to fly to Sochi Airport . It started at 5:35 PM GMT and was lost contact at 6:59 PM GMT. She had previously sent an aircraft hijacking signal. She crashed with 38 passengers and 8 crew members on board near Gluboki , Rostov Oblast .

root cause

As a result of the investigations, traces of the explosive hexogen were found in both wrecks . The perpetrators identified, Amanta Nagajewa (Volga-Aviaexpress flight 1353), 30 years old, and Sazita Dschebirkhanova (Siberia Airlines flight 1047), 37 years old, were both Chechen women and lived together in Grozny . Female suicide bombers are known as Smertnizy in Russia .

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3607886.stm
  2. ↑ http://news.vdv-s.ru/business/?news=29426
  3. ^ Accident report TU-134 RA-65080 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on January 3, 2017.
  4. ^ Statement by Siberia Airlines ( Memento of August 28, 2004 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ^ Accident report TU-154 RA-85556 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on January 3, 2017.
  6. ↑ http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a477845.pdf
  7. ↑ http://www.nbcnews.com/id/5810127