| Date: | Saturday 3 January 1976 |
| Time: | 10:05 |
| Type: |  Tupolev Tu-124V |
| Owner/operator: | Aeroflot, North Kavkaz Civil Aviation Directorate |
| Registration: | CCCP-45037 |
| MSN: | 2351002 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1962 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 17014 hours |
| Cycles: | 14409 flights |
| Engine model: | Soloviev D-20P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 61 / Occupants: 61 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 7 km W of Moskva-Vnukovo Airport (VKO) -
 Russia
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Moskva-Vnukovo Airport (VKO/UUWW) |
| Minsk-1 International Airport (MHP/UMMM) |
Immediately after takeoff from Vnukovo Airport, runway 24, the Tu-124 jet aircraft entered clouds. Both artificial horizons then failed. The crew members did not have any visual cues outside the aircraft and lost situational awareness. The airplane banked left until the angle of bank reached about 95 degrees. At a descent rate of 50 m/s the airplane struck the ground, destroying several houses.
Aeroflot Flight 2003 was a flight from Moscow's Vnukovo Airport (VKO) to Minsk-1 Airport (MHP) and Brest (BQT), Belarus.
Sources:
airdisaster.ru
Soviet Transports
Flight International 24 January 76 (144)
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