Chita – Novosibirsk – Chelyabinsk – Moscow

On July 17, 1976 at 12:00 AM, Chita – Novosibirsk – Chelyabinsk – Moscow experienced a crash involving Tupolev TU-104, operated by Aeroflot - Russian International Airlines, with the event recorded near Chita-Kadala Zabaykalsky Krai.

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.

117 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 117 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 7, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 110, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is other causes. After a long roll at Chita-Kadala Airport, the aircraft took off very late at a speed of 275 km/h. During initial climb, it struck the embankment of a railway road located 322 metres past the runway end. It crash landed in a field, slid for dozen metres then turn to the left and came to rest. Four passengers and a flight attendant were injured while 112 other occupants escaped uninjured. The aircraft was written off.

Aircraft reference details include registration CCCP-42335, MSN 7 66 005 01, year of manufacture 1957.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 52.0248°, 113.3102°.