Sochi - Moscow

On October 1, 1972 at 07:25 PM, Sochi - Moscow experienced a crash involving Ilyushin II-18, operated by Aeroflot - Russian International Airlines, with the event recorded near Sochi-Adler Krasnodar Krai.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

109 people were known to be on board, 109 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 8, crew fatalities: 8, passengers on board: 101, passenger fatalities: 101, other fatalities: 0.

Shortly after takeoff from Sochi-Adler Airport, while climbing by night at an altitude of 200 meters, the airplane initiated a right turn according to departure procedures then made a left turn, entered a dive and crashed into the Black Sea, about 10 km offshore. Some debris and dead bodies were found in the evening while the main wreckage sank by a depth of about 1,000 meters. None of the 109 occupants survived the crash and the wreckage was not recovered.

Aircraft reference details include registration CCCP-75507, MSN 183 0064 05, year of manufacture 1963.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 43.4255°, 39.9238°.