Aeroflot - Russian International Airlines

The aircraft departed Tbilisi Airport at 0655LT bound for Kutaisi on flight SU051F. The crew was cleared to climb to 2,700 meters and while approaching the region of Surami, he encountered poor weather conditions with snow falls and a visibility reduced to 50-500 meters. Following successives errors on part of ATC based in Kutaisi, the crew was cleared to descend from 2,700 to 2,100, 1,500 and then to 1,200 meters successively. In zero visibility, the twin engine aircraft struck the slope of a snow covered mountain located near Surami. The wreckage was found a day later at the altitude of 980 meters. Three crew members and four passengers were killed while eight other people were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed but there was no fire.

The aircraft departed Murmansk-Murmashi Airport on a cargo flight to Umba, carrying a crew of two, 158 kilos of various goods and 855 kilos of mail. Few minutes after takeoff, weather conditions deteriorated and the crew deviated from the prescribed flight path to the right by 3 km . In poor visibility, the single engine airplane struck the slope of a snow covered hill (427 meters high), three meters below the summit, passed on the opposite slope of the hill and came to rest in flames, upside down, some 30 meters below the summit. The wreckage was 20 km south of Murmashi Airport and both crew members were seriously injured. The captain died from his injuries five days later.

On a positioning flight from Cahul to Vulcӑneşti after crop-spraying operations for the "Gigant" kolkhoz (collective farm), the intoxicated crew performed unauthorized manoeuvre. The aircraft lost speed, entered a dive and crashed in an open field located between Vladimirovca and Gӑvӑnoasa, some 2 km northwest of Gӑvӑnoasa and burnt out. All four occupants, two mechanics and two pilots were killed.

The crew departed Nikolayevsk-on-Amur on a mail flight to Okha. Few minutes after takeoff, he encountered poor weather conditions and the visibility dropped below minima due to snow falls. In such conditions, the crew decided to return to his departure point but lost orientation and failed to realize his altitude was insufficient. While cruising at an altitude of 190 meters in limited visibility, the single engine struck trees and crashed on the wooded slope of a hill (282 metres high) located 4,1 km from the runway's centerline. The airplane was destroyed by impact forces and a post crash fire and both pilots were killed.

The crew (four crew members and two hydrologists) was involved in an ice reconnaissance mission over the krai of Krasnoyarsk. Following a departure from Tiksi Airport, the crew proceeded to the control of the ice located along the shore of the Laptev Sea then the Yana and Kolyma Indigirka estuaries and eventually the mouth of the Lana River. En route, weather conditions worsened and the visibility dropped due to fog. The captain decided to reduce his altitude and to descend through the clouds when the airplane struck the top of a hill and crash landed 100 meters further and a snow covered ground. All six occupants were slightly injured and later transferred to a hospital in Khatanga while the airplane was damaged beyond repair.
Crew:
A. A. Kas, pilot,
V. K. Koroteev, copilot,
N. M. Arapov, radio operator,
D. Belusov, flight engineer,
Yuri Vladimirovitch Nalimov, hydrologist,
V. Ramenskii, hydrologist.

Following an uneventful flight from Khabarovsk, the crew received the permission to descend to Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Airport but was instructed to maintain a minimum altitude of 600 meters. By night, while in a flat attitude but slightly banked to the right, the airplane struck trees, stalled and crashed in a dense wooded area located on Mt Ufa, some 26 km northwest of the airport. Six passengers (three adults and three children) were seriously injured while 87 other occupants, among them all nine crew members, were killed.

The crew was completing a local training flight at Elista Airport. While flying at an altitude of 200-250 meters, the engine caught fire and the pilot elected to return to Elista for an emergency landing. On final, at a height of some 25-30 meters, fuel vapors exploded and the aircraft crashed in flames 2 km from the airport. All three crew members were killed.

On final approach to Magadan Airport, the four engine aircraft was too low and struck the ground short of runway, causing the undercarriage to be sheared off. The airplane belly landed and slid for dozen yards before coming to rest. There were no injuries but the aircraft was written off.

The crew was engaged in a crop-spraying mission for the "Zauralny" sovkhoz located in the Kvarkeno district of the Orenburg region. The inexperienced pilots got distracted from piloting by listening to the weather forecast on the radio and writing it down. So the aircraft continually lost height and eventually crashed into a hill located one km southwest of Urtazym. The copilot was injured and the captain was killed.

On final approach to Novosibirsk-Tolmachevo Airport, the crew encountered poor weather conditions and the captain decided to go around. A second attempt to land was made few minutes later. As the visibility seems to improve a bit, the captain decided to land. After touchdown on a waterlogged runway, the airplane was unable to stop within the remaining distance and overran. While contacting soft ground, the undercarriage were sheared off and the airplane came to rest. There were no casualties.