Incident Overview
Date: Saturday 30 June 1962
Aircraft Type: Tupolev Tu-104A
Owner/operator: Aeroflot, Far East Civil Aviation Directorate
Registration Number: CCCP-42370
Location: near Voznesenka, Krasnoyarsk region –
ÿ Russia
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 84 / Occupants: 84
Component Affected: FuselageFuselage
Category: Accident
A Tupolev Tu-104A aircraft crashed in the taiga after entering a tail spin en route from Khabarovsk to Moscow. The incident was triggered by a surface-to-air missile fired during an air defence exercise in the Magansk area, which subsequently strayed due to a storm front.A Tupolev Tu-104A aircraft crashed in the taiga after entering a tail spin en route from Khabarovsk to Moscow. The incident was triggered by a surface-to-air missile fired during an air defence exercise in the Magansk area, which subsequently strayed due to a storm front.
Description
The Tupolev Tu-104A operated Aeroflot flight 902 from Khabarovsk to Moscow. En route stops were planned at Irkutsk and Omsk. En route to Omsk, while at the cruising altitude of 8800 m the aircraft went into a tail spin and crashed in the taiga. It was established that the aircraft had been hit by a surface-to-air missile that had penetrated the fuselage. The missile had been fired during an air defence exercise in the Magansk area. It went astray after passing through a storm front and headed for the Tu-104.
Source of Information
https://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.php, http://airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=513https://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.php, http://airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=513Primary Cause
Surface-to-air missile penetration of the fuselage.Surface-to-air missile penetration of the fuselage.Share on:
