Tupolev TU-95

Russian Air Force - Voyenno-vozdushnye sily Rossii

The crew was performing a training/reconnaissance mission out from Ukrainka AFB. While cruising at an altitude of 5,000 metres in clouds and icing conditions, three of the four engines failed. At an altitude of 3,500 metres, all seven crew members bailed out and the aircraft crashed in a tundra located some 30 km from Litovko, Amur district of the Khabarovsk region. Five crew members survived while two others were killed. The registration of the 'Bear' was dual RF-94204 and 77 Red.

Russian Air Force - Voyenno-vozdushnye sily Rossii

The aircraft was engaged in a training mission out from Ukrainka AFB, carrying nine crew members. During the takeoff roll, one of both left engines caught fire and exploded. The captain (Lt Col Sergei Gorshnev) initiated an emergency braking procedure when the aircraft went out of control, veered off runway and completed a 180 turn before coming to rest, bursting into flames. All nine crew members were injured, the captain seriously. The aircraft was partially destroyed by fire. Few hours later, two of the survivors died from their injuries. The aircraft had the dual registration RF-94181 and 05 red.

Soviet Navy - Voyenno-morskoy flot CCCP

The crew was completing a training mission and was scheduled to return to the Fedotovo-Kipelovo Airbase located west of Vologda. En route, Colonel Ivan Gladkov ordered the crew to divert to an airbase located near his house. On approach by night, the crew encountered foggy conditions and failed to realize his altitude was too low when the airplane struck trees and crashed short of runway. All 11 occupants were killed.

Soviet Navy - Voyenno-morskoy flot CCCP

While completing a maritime patrol flight, the crew informed ground about an engine fire. Shortly later, in a second message, the crew confirmed the fire was extinguished. Seven minutes later, control was lost and the airplane entered a dive before crashing into the Barents Sea, off the Bear Island, south of the Svalbard Archipelago. The aircraft was totally destroyed and all 12 crew members were killed.