Accident
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Estado: | |
| Fecha: | 04 JUN 1962 |
| Hora: | 06:20 |
| Tipo: | Tupolev 104B |
| Operador: | Aeroflot, Moscow Civil Aviation Directorate |
| Registración: | CCCP-42491 |
| Numéro de série: | 021604 |
| Año de Construcción: | 1960 |
| Motores: | 2 Mikulin AM-3M-500 |
| Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 5 / Ocupantes: 5 |
| Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalidades: 5 / Ocupantes: 5 |
| Daños en la Aeronave: | Destruido |
| Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Ubicación: | 30 km (18.8 milles) NE of Sofia-Vrazhdebna Airport (SOF) (Bulgaria)
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| Fase: | Aproximación (APR) |
| Naturaleza: | Carga |
| Aeropuerto de Salida: | Sofia-Vrazhdebna Airport (SOF/LBSF), Bulgaria |
| Moskva-Sheremetyevo Airport (SVO/UUEE), Rusia |
The Tu-104 jet was carrying a cargo of cherries from Sofia to Moscow. Shortly after takeoff the nr.1 engine failed. The airplane flew in clouds when the crew initiated a turn back to the airport. It then struck the slope of Mount Baba.
Fuentes:
» airdisaster.ru
» Soviet Transports
» Jet-Airliner Unfälle seit 1952 / J. Richter, Chr. Wolf
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Sofia-Vrazhdebna Airport to Moskva-Sheremetyevo Airport as the crow flies is 1772 km (1107 miles).
Distance from Sofia-Vrazhdebna Airport to Moskva-Sheremetyevo Airport as the crow flies is 1772 km (1107 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
