ASN Aircraft accident Tupolev Tu-104A CCCP-42370 Voznesenka, Krasnoyarsk region
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Date:Saturday 30 June 1962
Time:16:53
Type:Silhouette image of generic t104 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Tupolev Tu-104A
Operator:Aeroflot, Far East Civil Aviation Directorate
Registration: CCCP-42370
MSN: 86601301
First flight: 1958
Total airframe hrs:3726
Engines: 2 Mikulin AM-3M
Crew:Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8
Passengers:Fatalities: 76 / Occupants: 76
Total:Fatalities: 84 / Occupants: 84
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Aircraft fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:near Voznesenka, Krasnoyarsk region (   Russia)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Irkutsk Airport (IKT/UIII), Russia
Destination airport:Omsk Airport (OMS/UNOO), Russia
Flightnumber:902
Narrative:
The Tupolev Tu-104A operated Aeroflot flight 902 from Khabarovsk to Moscow. En route stops were planned at Irkutsk and Omsk. En route to Omsk, while at the cruising altitude of 8800 m the aircraft went into a tail spin and crashed in the taiga.
It was established that the aircraft had been hit by a surface-to-air missile that had penetrated the fuselage.
The missile had been fired during an air defence exercise in the Magansk area. It went astray after passing through a storm front and headed for the Tu-104.

Classification:
Shot down from the ground
Loss of control

Sources:
» Soviet Transports
» airdisaster.ru


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Distance from Irkutsk Airport to Omsk Airport as the crow flies is 2039 km (1275 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.

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.
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