Date:	Monday 4 June 1962
Time:	06:20
Type:	Tupolev Tu-104B
Owner/operator:	Aeroflot, Moscow Civil Aviation Directorate
Registration:	CCCP-42491
MSN:	021604
Year of manufacture:	1960
Engine model:	Mikulin AM-3M-500
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	30 km NE of Sofia-Vrazhdebna Airport (SOF) -   Bulgaria
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Cargo
Departure airport:	Sofia-Vrazhdebna Airport (SOF/LBSF)
Destination airport:	Moskva-Sheremetyevo Airport (SVO/UUEE)

Narrative:
The Tu-104 jet was carrying a cargo of cherries from Sofia to Moscow. Shortly after takeoff the no. 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.

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