Criminal Occurrence description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 18 MAR 1991 |
| Type: | Ilyushin 86 |
| Operator: | Aeroflot |
| Registration: | registration unknown |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 360 |
| Airplane damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | near Sverdlovsk (Russia) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Moskva-Vnukovo Airport (VKO/UUWW), Russia |
| Novosibirsk-Tolmachevo Airport (OVB/UNNN), Russia |
A psychiatric patient threw a petrol bomb, which caused an on-board fire. An emergency landing was made at Sverdlovsk.
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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 Moskva-Vnukovo Airport to Novosibirsk-Tolmachevo Airport as the crow flies is 2801 km (1751 miles).
Distance from Moskva-Vnukovo Airport to Novosibirsk-Tolmachevo Airport as the crow flies is 2801 km (1751 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.
