Kuybyshev – Rostov-on-Don – Sochi

On March 8, 1965 at 11:35 AM, Kuybyshev – Rostov-on-Don – Sochi experienced a crash involving Tupolev TU-124, operated by Aeroflot - Russian International Airlines, with the event recorded near Kuybyshev Samara oblast.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

39 people were known to be on board, 30 fatalities were recorded, 9 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 76.9%.

Crew on board: 9, crew fatalities: 9, passengers on board: 30, passenger fatalities: 21, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. Less than one minute after its takeoff from Kuybyshev Airport, while climbing to a height of 40-50 meters, the airplane stalled then banked left and crashed in a snow covered field located 2,300 meters past the runway end. All nine crew members and 16 passengers were killed while 14 others were seriously injured. Few hours after the crash, five of the survivors died from their injuries. At the time of the accident, the pilot-in-command was under training with an instructor (right seat).

Aircraft reference details include registration CCCP-45028, MSN 2 35 08 03, year of manufacture 1962.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 54.2607°, 48.4439°.