Krasnoarsk - Irkutsk

On December 23, 1984 at 06:15 PM, Krasnoarsk - Irkutsk experienced a crash involving Tupolev TU-154, operated by Aeroflot - Russian International Airlines, with the event recorded near Krasnoyarsk-Sheremshanka Krasnoyarsk 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.

111 people were known to be on board, 110 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 99.1%.

Crew on board: 7, crew fatalities: 7, passengers on board: 104, passenger fatalities: 103, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. After takeoff from Krasnoyarsk-Cheremshanka Airport, while climbing to an altitude of 2,040 meters at a speed of 480 km/h, the right engine (engine n°3) suffered an uncontained failure and caught fire. The crew declared an emergency and was cleared to return for an emergency landing. On final approach, the aircraft banked right then nosed down and crashed at a speed of 425 km/h 3,200 meters short of runway threshold and disintegrated on impact, some 11 seconds prior to landing. A passenger was seriously injured while 110 other occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration CCCP-85338, MSN 79A338, year of manufacture 1979.