26 Mar Let L-410M – CCCP-67264 The Let L-410 was accelerating for takeoff when the no.1 engine automatically shut down just after passing V1. The flight crew feathere... Continue reading
26 Mar Yakovlev Yak-42 – CCCP-42536 The Yak-42 was used in a training session for security forces when a thunderflash ignited the cabin furnishings, sending the aircraft u... Continue reading
26 Mar Tupolev Tu-134A – CCCP-65766 Aeroflot flight 6502 was a scheduled service from Sverdlovsk (now Ekaterinburg) to Kuybyshev (now Samara) and Grozny in the Soviet Unio... Continue reading
26 Mar Tupolev Tu-134 – An Aeroflot Tupolev 134 was on the ground at Ufa on a scheduled stop en route from Kiev to Nizhnevartovsk in western Siberia. Two armed... Continue reading
26 Mar Antonov An-2R – CCCP-40902 A wing of the An-2 contacted trees while the pilot manoeuvred the airplane for the dropping of mail. The airplane crashed. Continue reading
26 Mar Tupolev Tu-134AK – CCCP-65120 Some 12 minutes after takeoff from Syktyvkar Airport (SCW), the crew of the Tu-134 reported a smoke warning in the rear cargo hold. The... Continue reading
26 Mar Tupolev Tu-134A – CCCP-65142 The takeoff was rejected at 246 km/h, 420 m before the end of the runway because of insufficient thrust and a spurious no. 2 engine vib... Continue reading
26 Mar Tupolev Tu-154B-2 – CCCP-85327 Prior to takeoff from Chelyabinsk the crew forgot to activate the pitot heating system. The departure and en route part of the flight w... Continue reading