Aeroflot Flight 12

Aeroflot Flight 12
Accident
Date	13 July 1963
Summary	Controlled flight into terrain
Site	near Irkutsk
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Tupolev Tu-104B
Operator	Aeroflot
Registration	CCCP-42492
Flight origin	Beijing Capital International Airport, China
Stopover	Irkutsk, USSR
Destination	Sheremetyevo Airport, Moscow USSR
Passengers	27
Crew	8
Fatalities	33
Survivors	2

Aeroflot Flight 12 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Beijing, China to Moscow, Soviet Union on Saturday, July 13, 1963, which crashed on landing at a scheduled stopover in Irkutsk. 33 of the 35 people on board died in the crash.

Aircraft

The aircraft involved was a Tupolev Tu-104B, registration CCCP-42492.[1][2]

Synopsis

The plane took off from Beijing around 2:49am Moscow time en route to Irkutsk at 9,000 meters. With low cloud cover over the Irkutsk airport, the crew received contradictory weather data about the low height of the cloud tops. The plane ended up descending too early. Upon exiting the cloud cover less than 60 meters from the ground, the pilots attempted to take evasive action but could not and the plane impacted terrain two miles short of the runway around 10am local time.[3][2]

Casualties

33 of the 35 people on board died in the crash, including all eight crew members and 25 passengers. Two passengers survived.[2] Among the dead were seven Albanians including the Albanian ambassador to China and poet Drago Siliqi, as well as three Chinese.[4] The remains of the Albanian and Chinese victims were taken to Beijing for a major public burial attended by Premier Zhou Enlai. In contrast, a United States aviation periodical noted the Soviet press "virtually ignored" the crash.[4]

References

"Туполев Ту-104Б Бортовой №: СССР-42492". russianplanes.net. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
"ASN Aircraft accident Tupolev Tu-104B CCCP-42492 Irkutsk Airport (IKT)". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 2019-04-27.
"Катастрофа Ту-104Б Восточно-Сибирского управления ГВФ в районе Иркутска (Katastrofa Tu-104B Vostočno-Sibirskogo upravlenija GVF v rajone Irkutska)". airdisaster.ru. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
Aviation Week & Space Technology, Volume 79. McGraw-Hill. 1963. p. 50.

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[1] "Туполев Ту-104Б Бортовой №: СССР-42492". russianplanes.net. Retrieved 25 April 2019.

[:0-2] "ASN Aircraft accident Tupolev Tu-104B CCCP-42492 Irkutsk Airport (IKT)". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 2019-04-27.

[3] "Катастрофа Ту-104Б Восточно-Сибирского управления ГВФ в районе Иркутска (Katastrofa Tu-104B Vostočno-Sibirskogo upravlenija GVF v rajone Irkutska)". airdisaster.ru. Retrieved 25 April 2019.

[awst-4] Aviation Week & Space Technology, Volume 79. McGraw-Hill. 1963. p. 50.

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