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Aeroflot Flight 964 was a flight operated by Aeroflot from Kutaisi Airport, Georgia to Domodedovo Airport, Moscow, Russian SFSR. On 13 October 1973 the Tupolev Tu-104 operating on the route crashed during its approach to Moscow, killing all 122 passengers and crew on board. It remains the deadliest accident involving a Tupolev Tu-104.[1]

Aeroflot Flight 964
Accident
An Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-104B similar to the aircraft involved
Date	13 October 1973
Summary	Spatial disorientation after electrical failure
Site	16 km north-west of Domodedovo Airport
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Tupolev Tu-104
Operator	Aeroflot
Registration	СССР-42486
Flight origin	Kutaisi Airport, Georgia
Destination	Domodedovo Airport, Moscow, Russia
Occupants	122
Passengers	114
Crew	8
Fatalities	122
Survivors	0

Aircraft

The aircraft involved in the accident was a Tupolev Tu-104B, registered СССР-42486 to the Georgia division of Aeroflot. Originally the aircraft cabin had 100 seats, but it was later reconfigured for 115 seats. At the time of the accident the aircraft had 16,250 flight hours and sustained 9,776 pressurization cycles.[2]

Crew

Eight crew members were aboard the flight. The cockpit crew consisted of:[2][3]

Captain Georgy Iraklievich Kurtsidze
Co-pilot Karmen Semenovich Ratiani
Navigator Boris Grigorievich Yegoyan
Flight Engineer Devi Alexandrovich Zakariadze
Radio operator Gurami Georgievich Lominadze

Flight attendants R.K. Nubarova and D.I. Rusova worked in the cabin, along with an officer of the Ministry of Internal Affairs monitoring the flight.[2]

Synopsis

The flight departed Kutaisi Airport at 18:10 with 114 passengers aboard. Eight passengers boarded the flight illegally. At 19:52 the Tu-104 was handed over to Moscow air traffic control. At 20:12:55 the controller gave Flight 964 permission to descend to an altitude of 400 metres (1,300 ft). 26 seconds later the aircraft was reported to be 11 kilometres (6.8 mi; 5.9 nmi) from Domodedovo at an altitude of 900 metres (3,000 ft). At 20:13:28 the crew reported that they were on a bearing of 317° (opposite to the runway) and at 20:15:55 the pilots informed the controller that they were having issues with their compass, while at an altitude of 900 metres. At 20:16:25 with the landing gear released, at a speed of 380–400 km/h (210–220 kn; 240–250 mph) and 19 kilometres (12 mi; 10 nmi) from the runway the aircraft began to perform a third right turn for the approach. No more radio transmissions were heard from the flight.[3]

Visibility that night was at 2,400 metres (2.4 km; 1.5 mi). During approach while on a bearing of 143° the crew lost spatial orientation, entered a spin to the left and crashed in a field 16 kilometres (9.9 mi; 8.6 nmi) northwest of Domodedovo Airport (196 kilometres (122 mi; 106 nmi) from the airport reference point), striking several power lines. The field of debris was approximately 248 by 180 metres (814 by 591 ft; 271 by 197 yd); All 114 passengers and 8 crew were killed.[1][3][4]

Causes

The investigation concluded that after the first right turn executed by the aircraft (in which the bank exceeded 40°), multiple navigation instruments including the compass and artificial horizon failed. Combined with the poor visibility at the airport, the crew lost spatial orientation and were unable to see any landmarks to determine their position. When the plane banked slightly to the right, the pilots corrected the right bank only to put the plane into a sharp left bank that reached 70°, causing the crash.[3][4]

References

"Accident synopsis, Tupolev Tu-104 СССР-42486". Aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
"Туполев Ту-104Б Бортовой №: СССР-42486". russianplanes.net. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
"Катастрофа Ту-104Б Грузинского УГА в районе а/п Домодедово". www.airdisaster.ru. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
"Soviet Transport - Scramble". www.scramble.nl. Retrieved 15 April 2017.

Aeroflot

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Subsidiaries

Active	Aurora Pobeda Rossiya
Inactive	Dobrolet Donavia Orenair SAT Airlines Vladivostok Air
Exited	Nordavia (now Smartavia)

Fleet

Accidents and
incidents

1950s	Flight 04 Тu-104 Kanash crash Flight 120 Flight 315
1960s	Flight 315 Flight 207 Flight 036 Flight 068 Flight 245 Flight 902 Flight 415 Flight 03 Flight 213 Flight 191 Flight 25 Flight 012 Flight 366 Flight 663 Flight 721 Flight 101/X-20 Flight 542 Flight 513 Flight 99 Flight 065 Flight 2723 Flight 5003 Flight 2230 Flight L-51 Flight 1668 Flight 15 Flight 831 Flight N-826
1970s	Flight U-45 Flight 1661 Flight 3630 CCCP-11000 crash CCCP-12996 crash Flight 1969 Flight 1912 Flight 773 Flight 2174 Flight 1491 Flight 558 Flight 1036 Flight 217 Flight 6263 Flight 141 Flight 630 Flight 6551 Flight 109 Flight A-13 Flight 3932 Flight 964 Flight 19 Flight 2022 CCCP-75559 crash Flight 662 Flight 2003 Flight 3739 Flight 909 Flight 1802 Flight 418 Flights 7957 and 31 Flight 2415 Flight N-36 Flight 3843 Flight 5003 Flight 331 Flight B-2 Flight 6709 Flight 1080 Flight 1691 Flights 7628 and 7880 Flight 5484
1980s	Flight 4225 Flight 498 Flight 811 Flight 3603 Flight 8641 Flight 411 Flight 343 Flight 5463 Flight 601 Flight 3352 Flight 3519 Flight 7841 1985 Zolochiv mid-air collision Flight 7425 Flight 101/435 Flight 2306 Flight 6502 Flight 892 Flight U-505 Flight N-528 Flight 699 Flight 3739
since 1990s	Flight 2808 Flight 593 Flight 821 Flight 1492

Sheremetyevo International Airport
List of Aeroflot destinations

Aviation accidents and incidents in 1973

Jan 21 Aeroflot Flight 6263
Jan 22 Kano air disaster
Jan 29 EgyptAir Flight 741
Feb 19 Aeroflot Flight 141
Feb 21 Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114
Feb 24 Aeroflot Flight 630
Feb 26 DeKalb–Peachtree Airport Learjet 24 crash
Mar 3 Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Flight 307
Mar 5 Nantes mid-air collision
Apr 10 Invicta International Airlines Flight 435
May 11 Aeroflot Flight 6551
May 18 Aeroflot Flight 109
May 31 Indian Airlines Flight 440
Jun 3 Paris Air Show Tu-144 crash
Jun 10 Nepal plane hijacking
Jun 20 Aeroméxico Flight 229
Jul 11 Varig Flight 820
Jul 22 Pan Am Flight 816
Jul 23 Japan Airlines Flight 404
Jul 23 Ozark Air Lines Flight 809
Jul 31 Delta Air Lines Flight 723
Aug 13 Aviaco Flight 118
Aug 18 Aeroflot Flight 13
Aug 28 TWA Flight 742
Sep 8 World Airways Flight 802
Sep 11 JAT Airways Flight 769
Sep 27 Texas International Airlines Flight 655
Sep 30 Aeroflot Flight 3932
Oct 13 Aeroflot Flight 964
Nov 2 Aeroflot Flight 19
Nov 3 Pan Am Flight 160
Nov 3 National Airlines Flight 27
Nov 23 Italian Air Force C-47 Argo 16 crash
Nov 25 KLM Flight 861
Dec 16 Aeroflot Flight 2022
Dec 17 Iberia Airlines Flight 933
Dec 17 Pan Am Fl. 110, Lufthansa Fl. 303 hijacking
Dec 22 Royal Air Maroc Caravelle crash

1972 ◀ ▶ 1974

Aviation accidents and incidents in the Soviet Union and Russia

Soviet
Union

1930s	Osoaviakhim-1 SSSR-V6 Osoaviakhim
1950s	1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash Aeroflot Flight 04 1958 Aeroflot Tu-104 Kanash crash Aeroflot Flight 315 (1959) Aeroflot Flight 120
1960s	Aeroflot Flight 315 (1960) Aeroflot Flight 207 Aeroflot Flight 036 Austrian Airlines Flight 901 Aeroflot Flight 068 Aeroflot Flight 245 Aeroflot Flight 902 Aeroflot Flight 415 Aeroflot Flight 213 (1962) Aeroflot Flight 191 Aeroflot Flight 03 Aeroflot Flight 25 Aeroflot Flight 012 Aeroflot Flight 366 Aeroflot Flight 663 Aeroflot Flight 721 Aeroflot Flight 101/X-20 Aeroflot Flight 542 Aeroflot Flight 513 Aeroflot Flight 99 Aeroflot Flight 065 Aeroflot Flight 2723 Aeroflot Flight 5003 (1967) Aeroflot Flight 2230 Aeroflot Flight L-51 Aeroflot Flight 15 1969 Yukhnov mid-air collision Aeroflot Flight N-826
1970s	Aeroflot Flight U-45 Aeroflot Flight 1661 Aeroflot Flight 3630 1971 January 22 Surgut Aeroflot Antonov An-12 crash 1971 January 31 Surgut Aeroflot Antonov An-12 crash Aeroflot Flight 1969 Aeroflot Flight 1912 Malév Flight 110 Aeroflot Flight 773 Aeroflot Flight 2174 Aeroflot Flight 1491 Aeroflot Flight 558 Aeroflot Flight 1036 Aeroflot Flight 217 Japan Air Lines Flight 446 Aeroflot Flight 6263 Aeroflot Flight 141 Aeroflot Flight 630 Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Flight 307 Aeroflot Flight 6551 Aeroflot Flight 109 Aeroflot Flight A-13 Aeroflot Flight 3932 Aeroflot Flight 964 Aeroflot Flight 19 Aeroflot Flight 2022 1974 Leningrad Aeroflot Il-18 crash 1974 Surgut mid-air collision Aeroflot Flight 2003 Aeroflot Flight 3739 (1976) Aeroflot Flight 909 Aeroflot Flight 1802 Aeroflot Flight 418 1976 Anapa mid-air collision Aeroflot Flight 2415 Aeroflot Flight N-36 Aeroflot Flight 3843 Aeroflot Flight 5003 (1977) Aeroflot Flight 331 1977 Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-134 hijacking Aeroflot Flight B-2 Aeroflot Flight 6709 1978 Yegoryevsk Tu-144 crash Korean Air Lines Flight 902 Aeroflot Flight 1080 Aeroflot Flight 1691 1979 Dniprodzerzhynsk mid-air collision Aeroflot Flight 5484
1980s	Aeroflot Flight 4225 1981 Pushkin Tu-104 crash Aeroflot Flight 498 1981 Armenia mid-air collision Aeroflot Flight 811 Aeroflot Flight 3603 Aeroflot Flight 8641 Aeroflot Flight 411 Aeroflot Flight 343 Aeroflot Flight 5463 Korean Air Lines Flight 007 Aeroflot Flight 601 Aeroflot Flight 3352 Aeroflot Flight 3519 Aeroflot Flight 7841 1985 Zolochiv mid-air collision Aeroflot Flight 7425 Aeroflot Flight 101/435 Aeroflot Flight 2306 Aeroflot Flight 6502 Aeroflot Flight 892 Aeroflot Flight U-505 Aeroflot Flight N-528 Aeroflot Flight 699 Aeroflot Flight 3739 (1988)

Russia

1990s	Aeroflot Flight 2808 (1992) Sakha Avia Flight 301 (1993) Baikal Airlines Flight 130 (1994) Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Flight 9045 (1994) Aeroflot Flight 593 (1994) Khabarovsk United Air Group Flight 3949 (1995) Stavropolskaya Aktsionernaya Avia Flight 1023 (1997) Irkutsk Antonov An-124 crash (1997)
2000s	Omsk An-70 crash (2001) Vladivostok Air Flight 352 (2001) Grozny Mi-8 crash (2001) Siberia Airlines Flight 1812 (2001) Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Flight 9064 (2001) Shelkovskaya Mi-8 crash (2002) Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Flight 9560 (2002) Khankala Mi-26 crash (2002) Russian aircraft bombings (2004) Armavia Flight 967 (2006) S7 Airlines Flight 778 (2006) UTair Flight 471 (2007) Shatoy Mi-8 crash (2007) Moskovia Airlines Flight 9675 (2008) Aeroflot Flight 821 (2008) Makhachkala Il-76 collision (2009) Yakutia Ilyushin Il-76 crash (2009)
2010s	Aviastar-TU Flight 1906 (2010) Smolensk air disaster (2010) Katekavia Flight 9357 (2010) Alrosa Flight 514 (2010) Dagestan Airlines Flight 372 (2010) Kolavia Flight 348 (2011) Garbuzovo Antonov An-148 crash (2011) RusAir Flight 9605 (2011) Angara Airlines Flight 9007 (2011) Avis-Amur Flight 9209 (2011) 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash (2011) UTair Flight 120 (2012) Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Air Flight 251 (2012) Red Wings Airlines Flight 9268 (2012) Polar Airlines Flight 9949 (2013) Tatarstan Airlines Flight 363 (2013) Unijet Flight 074P (2014) Flydubai Flight 981 (2016) Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations Il-76 crash (2016) Skol Airlines Flight 9375 (2016) Russian Defence Ministry Tupolev Tu-154 crash (2016) Khabarovsk Airlines Flight 463 (2017) Saratov Airlines Flight 703 (2018) UTair Flight 579 (2018) Aeroflot Flight 1492 (2019) Angara Airlines Flight 200 (2019) Ural Airlines Flight 178 (2019)
2020s	Volga-Dnepr Airlines Flight 4066 (2020) Kemerovo parachute Let L-410UVP-E crash (2021) Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Air Flight 251 (2021) Siberian Light Aviation Flight 42 (2021) Siberian Light Aviation Flight 51 (2021) Menzelinsk parachute Let L-410UVP-E crash (2021) Grodno Aviakompania Flight 1252 (2021)

This includes accidents and incidents in the Soviet Union, and Russia only. It does not include accidents in other post-Soviet states after the breakup of the Soviet Union.

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