Irkutsk – Novosibirsk – Sverdlovsk – Leningrad

On February 9, 1976 at 08:05 AM, Irkutsk – Novosibirsk – Sverdlovsk – Leningrad experienced a crash involving Tupolev TU-104, operated by Aeroflot - Russian International Airlines, with the event recorded near Irkutsk-Intl Irkutsk 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.

114 people were known to be on board, 24 fatalities were recorded, 90 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 21.1%.

Crew on board: 10, crew fatalities: 9, passengers on board: 104, passenger fatalities: 15, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. At liftoff, the right wing dropped and the airplane rolled to the right to an angle of 70°, causing the right wing to struck the snow covered ground 129 metres to the right of the runway. Out of control, the airplane crossed a taxiway, passed behind an air Koryo TU-154 that just landed (some debris struck the TU-154) and came to rest in flames, broken in three, 232 metres further. The wreckage was found 180 metres southeast of the runway end. 78 people, among them a stewardess, were injured, 12 people were unhurt. 24 occupants were killed, 15 passengers and nine crew members.

Aircraft reference details include registration CCCP-42327, MSN 6 66 002 01, year of manufacture 1956.