Aeroflot Flight 902

1962 aviation accident

Aeroflot Flight 902
Accident
A Tupolev Tu-104A, similar to the accident aircraft
Date	30 June 1962 (1962-06-30)
Summary	Stall, loss of control (official) / Accidental shootdown (unofficial)
Site	Beryozovsky District, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Soviet Union
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Tupolev Tu-104A
Operator	Aeroflot/Far East
Registration	СССР-42370
Flight origin	Khabarovsk Airport
1st stopover	Omsk Airport
2nd stopover	Irkutsk Airport
Destination	Vnukovo Airport
Occupants	84
Passengers	76
Crew	8
Fatalities	84
Survivors	0

Aeroflot Flight 902 was a passenger flight on a scheduled domestic service from Khabarovsk to Moscow, with intermediate stops at Irkutsk and Omsk, Russia. The flight was operated by a Tu-104A aircraft. On 30 June 1962, with 76 passengers (including 14 children) and 8 crew members aboard, the flight departed Irkutsk on schedule, and made a timely report 50 kilometers from Krasnoyarsk. A few minutes later, an agitated voice later identified as that of the co-pilot made an incoherent emergency transmission with a background of an unusual noise. Repeated subsequent attempts to contact the flight failed.^{[citation needed]}

The aircraft's wreckage was found 28 km east of Krasnoyarsk Airport, in flat terrain with small areas of forest. Investigators subsequently determined that the plane had impacted the ground upside-down at an angle of 40°. There were no survivors.^[1]

Cause of disaster

The official cause of the disaster was reported to be a stall and loss of spatial orientation in cloud. A second theory was a loss of control due to a fire in the passenger cabin.^{[citation needed]} However, damage found on the port side of the fuselage (specifically, an entry hole with signs of fire damage on the inside) was consistent with damage from an anti-aircraft missile, and there was unofficial confirmation that such a missile had gone astray during an air defense exercise in the area.^[1]

Unofficial sources indicated that a fragment of the fuselage was found with a 20 cm hole and fire damage, indicating a high-speed impact. At the time of the crash, a unit at nearby Magansk had fired anti-aircraft missiles as part of an exercise. The responsible missile had allegedly lost its intended target in a storm front before hitting the Tu-104.^[2]

References

Specific

^ ^a ^b "Criminal occurrence description – Flight 902". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
^ "Accident of Tu-104A of the Far Eastern Directorate of the Civil Air Fleet near Krasnoyarsk". AirDisaster.ru. Archived from the original on 22 February 2020.

General

Kasatkin, Vasiliy (17 April 2008). "Dangerous Sky (in Russian: Опасное небо)" (in Russian). Krasnoyarskiy Rabochiy (in Russian: Красноярский рабочий). Archived from the original on 1 January 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2012.

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v t e Aviation accidents and incidents in 1962 (1962)
Feb 25 Avensa Fairchild F-27 accident Mar 1 American Airlines Flight 1 Mar 4 Caledonian Airways Flight 153 Mar 8 Turkish Airlines crash Mar 16 Flying Tiger Line Flight 739 May 6 Channel Airways Dakota accident May 12 Godthab Catalina crash May 22 Continental Airlines Flight 11 Jun 3 Air France Flight 007 Jun 22 Air France Flight 117 Jun 30 Aeroflot Flight 902 Jul 7 Alitalia Flight 771 Jul 19 United Arab Airlines Flight 869 Jul 22 Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 301 Jul 28 Aeroflot Flight 415 Aug 1 Royal Nepal Airlines DC-3 crash Sep 3 Aeroflot Flight 03 Sep 18 Aeroflot Flight 213 Nov 23 United Air Lines Flight 297 Nov 23 Malév Flight 355 Nov 27 Varig Flight 810 Nov 30 Eastern Air Lines Flight 512 Dec 19 LOT Vickers Viscount accident
1961 ◄ ► 1963

Aviation accidents and incidents in 1962 (1962)

Feb 25

Avensa Fairchild F-27 accident

Mar 1

American Airlines Flight 1

Mar 4

Caledonian Airways Flight 153

Mar 8

Turkish Airlines crash

Mar 16

Flying Tiger Line Flight 739

May 6

Channel Airways Dakota accident

May 12

Godthab Catalina crash

May 22

Continental Airlines Flight 11

Jun 3

Air France Flight 007

Jun 22

Air France Flight 117

Jun 30

Aeroflot Flight 902

Jul 7

Alitalia Flight 771

Jul 19

United Arab Airlines Flight 869

Jul 22

Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 301

Jul 28

Aeroflot Flight 415

Aug 1

Royal Nepal Airlines DC-3 crash

Sep 3

Aeroflot Flight 03

Sep 18

Aeroflot Flight 213

Nov 23

United Air Lines Flight 297

Nov 23

Malév Flight 355

Nov 27

Varig Flight 810

Nov 30

Eastern Air Lines Flight 512

Dec 19

LOT Vickers Viscount accident

1961 ◄ ► 1963

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