Pushkin - Khabarovsk – Vladivostok

On February 7, 1981 at 06:00 PM, Pushkin - Khabarovsk – Vladivostok experienced a crash involving Tupolev TU-104, operated by Soviet Navy - Voyenno-morskoy flot CCCP, with the event recorded near Pushkin AFB Leningrad oblast.

The flight was categorized as military and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

50 people were known to be on board, 50 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 6, crew fatalities: 6, passengers on board: 44, passenger fatalities: 44, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. Eight seconds after liftoff from runway 21 at Pushkin AFB, while climbing to a height of about 50 meters in light snow, the airplane banked right, overturned then crashed in a huge explosion near the airport. All 50 occupants were killed. The aircraft was carrying many of the Pacific Fleet's senior officers from Leningrad, where they had been attending meetings with the naval command, to Vladivostok, via Khabarovsk. Among the dead were 16 admirals and generals, including the commander of the Pacific Fleet, Admiral Emil Spiridonov and his wife.

Aircraft reference details include registration CCCP-42332, MSN 7 66 004 02, year of manufacture 1957.