Aeroflot - Russian International Airlines

The crew left Morozovski at 0315LT on a supply mission to a site behind the German lines. On the return leg, a fire emerged in the cabin and spread rapidly. All 5 crew members bailed out at a height of some 350 meters (1 of them was killed and 1 seriously injured) while the sole passenger (an Air Force officer) did not manage to bail out and was killed. The aircraft crashed near Smelovka, about 5 km east of Verkhnyaya Tarasovka.

The airplane suffered a fuel exhaustion and crashed upon landing, coming to rest in a ravine. The pilot, sole on board, escaped uninjured.

The airplane departed Omsk Airport with a delay of two hours. En route, weather conditions deteriorated and the visibility was poor due to snow falls. Despite the situation, the crew decided to continued to Sverdlovsk. Approaching the destination, the crew were unable to locate the airport and in low visibility, attempted to land when the airplane impacted a hill, bounced and crashed 70 metres further. The wreckage was found nearby the Verkh-Isetskiy Lake, west of Sverdlovsk. All three crew members were injured and the mechanic later died from injuries sustained.

After takeoff from Tsymlyanskaya Airfield, en route to Rostov, the airplane climbed to a height of about 20-30 metres. The pilot initiated a turn to the left when the airplane stalled, collided with a fence an crashed. Both occupants were seriously injured and the pilot died six days later from injuries sustained.

The airplane departed Chardzhou Airport at 0545LT. During the initial climb completed at night, the pilot-in-command suffered a spatial disorientation and failed to listen the warnings from his copilot. The airplane lost height then stalled and impacted the ground some 10-12 km southeast of the airport before coming to rest in the shallow water of the Amu-Darya River. Two crew members and five passengers were killed. Two other crew members and four other passengers were injured. All 23 other occupants were unhurt.

The pilot departed Moscow on a flight to Odoevo but failed to arrive at destination. Lost without trace.

The airplane departed Alma-Ata Airport at 1110LT on a special flight to Kazan with intermediate stops in Karaganda, Aktyubinsk and Kuybyshev. On board were high-ranking party and state officials of the Kazakh government. At the time of departure, weather conditions were poor with low clouds, turbulences, fog and severe icing. About sixteen minutes after takeoff, the captain decided to return to Alma-Ata Airport because of the weather. While completing a steep turn to the left at an altitude of 100-150 metres, he lost control of the airplane that stalled and crashed in a field located 6 km northwest of Dmitriyevka (now Baiserke), bursting into flames. Five crew members and 21 passengers were killed while eight other occupants were seriously injured.

The airplane departed Irkutsk Airport to transfer a patient to Nizhne-Ilimsk with intermediate stops in Balagansk, Zhigalovo and Ust-Kut. After passing a night at Balagansk, the pilot continued on December 26 to Zhigalovo. As the airplane failed to arrive at destination, SAR operations were initiated but eventually abandoned after few days as no trace of the aircraft nor the three occupants was found. It is believed that the pilot encountered poor visibility due to fog while approaching Zhigalovo, missed the airfield and probably deviated by approximately 150 km in the area of the Kirenga River. Eventually, the airplane may have crashed due to fuel exhaustion. The wreckage was never found.

The airplane disappeared in the west part of Russia, near the front with German troops. No trace was found.

Six minutes after takeoff from Khvoynaya Airfield, en route to Leningrad, the airplane suffered an engine failure, stalled and crashed in a wooded area. All five crew members were injured, two seriously.