Paris - Leningrad - Moscow

On October 13, 1972 at 09:49 PM, Paris - Leningrad - Moscow experienced a crash involving Ilyushin II-62, operated by Aeroflot - Russian International Airlines, with the event recorded near Moscow-Sheremetyevo Moscow oblast.

The flight was categorized as charter/taxi (non scheduled revenue flight) and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

174 people were known to be on board, 174 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 10, crew fatalities: 10, passengers on board: 164, passenger fatalities: 164, other fatalities: 0.

The airplane was completing a charter flight from Paris to Moscow with an intermediate stop in Leningrad. It departed Leningrad-Pulkovo Airport at 2059LT bound for Moscow. While descending from the north in marginal weather conditions at an altitude of 600 meters, the airplane entered an uncontrolled descent, nosed down then struck trees and crashed in flames in a wooded area located near Krasnaya Polyana, about 5 km north of Moscow-Sheremetyevo Airport. The aircraft was totally destroyed by impact forces and debris were found on an area of 550 meters long and 80 meters wide. None of the 174 survived the crash. Among the passengers were 128 Russians, 38 Chileans, six Algerians, one East-German and one Australian. Up to date, this was the worse plane crash in History.

Aircraft reference details include registration CCCP-86671, MSN 70301, year of manufacture 1977.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 55.9600°, 37.4130°.