Moscow – Khabarovsk – Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky

On September 2, 1962 at 09:42 PM, Moscow – Khabarovsk – Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky experienced a crash involving Tupolev TU-104, operated by Aeroflot - Russian International Airlines, with the event recorded near Kurun Khabarovsk Krai.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

86 people were known to be on board, 86 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 7, crew fatalities: 7, passengers on board: 79, passenger fatalities: 79, other fatalities: 0.

After departure from Khabarovsk-Novy Airport, the crew was cleared to climb to the altitude of 4,000 meters. Once this altitude was reached, ATC cleared the crew to continue to climb to 8,000 meters. While climbing to the altitude of 4,500 meters, the copilot was able to send a brief distress call, reporting severe vibrations and that control was lost. The airplane entered a dive and eventually crashed in a 50-60° nose-down attitude in a huge explosion some 15 km southwest of the village of Kurun, some 96 km northeast of Khabarovsk. The aircraft disintegrated on impact and all 86 occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration CCCP-42366, MSN 8 66 011 03, year of manufacture 27.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 58.6572°, 137.2898°.