Almaty - Barnaul - Chita - Khabarovsk

On October 8, 1980 at 12:00 AM, Almaty - Barnaul - Chita - Khabarovsk experienced a crash involving Tupolev TU-154, 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 landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

184 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 184 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 10, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 174, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. On final approach to Chita-Kadala Airport, the aircraft was too high on the glide and the captain did not want to initiate a go-around. So, he pushed on the control column and the aircraft nosed down and struck the ground 240 meters past the runway 11 threshold. Upon impact, the nose gear was torn off. The aircraft continued for few hundred meters then veered off runway to the right and came to rest in flames in a grassy area, broken in two. All 184 occupants were rescued, among them four were injured. The aircraft

Aircraft reference details include registration CCCP-85321, MSN 79A321, year of manufacture 1979.

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