Aeroflot Flight 773

Aeroflot Flight 773
	An Aeroflot Tu-104, similar to the aircraft involved in the accident
Accident
Date	10 October 1971
Summary	Bombing
Site	near Baranovo, Naro-Fominsky District
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Tupolev Tu-104B
Operator	Aeroflot
Registration	CCCP-42490
Flight origin	Vnukovo Airport, Russia
Destination	Simferopol Airport, Ukraine
Passengers	18
Crew	7
Fatalities	25
Survivors	0

Aeroflot Flight 773 was a scheduled domestic Soviet Union passenger flight from Moscow to Simferopol that crashed following a bomb explosion on 10 October 1971.

Aircraft

The aircraft involved was a Tupolev Tu-104B registered as CCCP-42390 to the Ukraine Civil Aviation Directorate of Aeroflot. At the time of the accident the aircraft had endured 13062 flight hours and 10452 pressurization cycles.[1]

Crew

Seven crew members were aboard the flight. The cockpit crew consisted of:[2]

Captain Konstantin Romanovich Klyushnik
Co-pilot Anatoly Yefimovich Vorobevsky
Navigator Vladimir Alekseevich Solodyannikov
Flight engineer Valentin Alekseevich Bezrodny
Radio operator Viktor Ivanovich Obedkov

The two flight attendants consisted of Svetlana Vladimirovna Papushina and Boris Nesterovich Marchenko.

A policeman was also on board, but was counted as a passenger in the report.

Synopsis

The aircraft arrived at Moscow from Simferopol at 19:02, after which the aircraft was prepared for the return trip to Simferopol. Weather conditions at the time were overcast with low clouds and a visibility of 6 kilometers. Flight 773 took off from Vnukovo Airport at 20:16. Thirty-one seconds later the crew contacted air traffic control and reported that they were heading for Chornaya Gryaz. The controller ordered the aircraft to climb to 1,500 m (4,900 ft). The controller contacted Flight 773 asking them if they had passed through 1,200 m (3,900 ft), but the crew did not respond. The controller repeatedly attempted to contact the crew, but there was no response.

Just seconds after the crew reported to the controller about the takeoff, an explosion ripped through the aircraft. The left side of the fuselage was torn open and the left wing was severely damaged. The aircraft began rolling to the right with a loss of altitude. At 150–200 m (490–660 ft) the aircraft broke up and some passenger seats fell out. The aircraft crashed in a nose-down attitude in a 90 degree right bank near the village of Baranovo, Naro-Fominsky District, some 10 km (6.2 mi) southwest of Vnukovo Airport. All 25 people on board died, including film actress Raisa Zverev.

Investigation

An investigation showed that debris that fell from the aircraft before the crash showed signs of fire damage. Fragments of TNT were also found. It was concluded that the explosion was the result of a bomb that was located in the luggage compartment, however it was later revealed that a bomb of 400-800 grams of TNT was placed on the cabin floor, between the cabin wall and a seat at frame 43. The investigation finished in 1973 without finding the suspect who placed the bomb.

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References

"Tupolev Tu-104B CCCP-42490". Russian Planes (in Russian). Retrieved 9 January 2019.
"Взрыв на борту Ту-104Б Украинского УГА близ аэропорта Внуково" [Explosion on board Tu-104 near Vnukovo Airport]. airdisaster.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 9 January 2019.

External links

Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network

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[1] "Tupolev Tu-104B CCCP-42490". Russian Planes (in Russian). Retrieved 9 January 2019.

[2] "Взрыв на борту Ту-104Б Украинского УГА близ аэропорта Внуково" [Explosion on board Tu-104 near Vnukovo Airport]. airdisaster.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 9 January 2019.

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