Aeroflot - Russian International Airlines

On the leg from Novokuznetsk to Tashtagol of a flight from Kemerovo to Tashtagol, the crew encountered below minima weather conditions with low clouds and rain/snow falls. The crew decided to continue and deviated from the prescribed flight path to the left by 8 km when the airplane crashed at a height of 1,050 metres into the wooded slope of the cloud covered Mt Pustag (1,570 metres high) located some 25 km north of Tashtagol. All three crew members including a check pilot and both passengers were killed.

The crew was engaged in a local spraying mission in Pavlodar. After takeoff, the captain passed the controls to the copilot and fell asleep. The copilot completed the entire mission on his own and, after finishing the process, transferred control of the aircraft to the commander. In unclear circumstances, the single engine airplane went out of control, lost height and crashed in a field. Both occupants were injured. In order to hide the true cause of the accident, the crew went into criminal conspiracy and set fire to the plane to explain the cause of the accident as an engine failure.

During the takeoff roll at Novy Urengoy-Yagelnoye Airport, the airplane deviated from the centerline to the right then veered off runway. It struck an earth bank, lost its undercarriage and came to rest in flames. All seven crew members escaped with minor injuries while the aircraft was destroyed by a post crash fire.

Suffered an accident in unknown circumstances somewhere in Yakutia. Went through the ice and partially sank. There were no casualties.

The single engine airplane departed Makhatchkala at 1259LT on a cargo flight to Derbent with two pilots on board. While cruising along the west coast of the Caspian Sea at an altitude of about 400 meters, the crew encountered limited visibility due to low clouds when the airplane struck the slope of Mt Shcherabash (521 meters high) located near Izberbach. The wreckage was found at an altitude of 390 meters and both occupants were killed.

After takeoff from Krasnogvardeyskiy in strong winds, the single engine airplane encountered difficulties to gain height. It struck a high power transmission tower and crashed, bursting into flames. A passenger was seriously injured while four other occupants were killed.

After takeoff from Troitskoye, the single engine airplane encountered difficulties to gain height. It struck trees located at the end of the runway, stalled and crashed. All three occupants escaped uninjured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

While descending to Shevshenko Airport while on a positioning flight, the crew was forced to attempt an emergency landing as the airplane ran out of fuel. The aircraft belly landed in an open field located few km from the airport and came to rest. All three crew members escaped with minor injuries while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

The twin engine airplane departed Gelendzhik Airport at 1325LT on a schedule service to Sukhumi, Georgia, carrying 16 passengers and two pilots. Weather at that time was marginal with rain falls and a relative low ceiling. Four minutes after takeoff, at 1329LT, the crew informed ATC he was leaving the airport area and his position was about 12 km from the airport at an altitude of 450 meters. Six minutes later, while flying in clouds, the airplane struck trees and crashed in a wooded area located 22 km southeast of Gelendzhik Airport, bursting into flames. The burned wreckage was found three days later, on January 10, near Praskoveyevka, at an altitude of 350 meters. The aircraft was totally destroyed and all 18 occupants were killed.

The airplane was completing a cargo flight to Yeniseysk, carrying six crew members, a passenger in charge of the cargo and a load of 1,042 kilos of sausages, 1,200 kilos of meat, 550 kilos of haring and 2,152 kilos of oranges. The approach was initiated by night and poor weather conditions with limited visibility due to snow falls. On final, approach lights were turned on when the crew saw trees. The captain decided to gain height and increased engine power when the airplane struck trees located on the top of a hill, stalled and crashed in a wooded area located 105 meters to the right of the inner marker and 1,140 meters from the runway threshold. Two crew members were killed while five other occupants were injured. The aircraft was destroyed.