Aeroflot Flight 2003 was operated on 3 January 1976 by a Tupolev Tu-124, registration СССР-45037, when it crashed 7 km (4.3 mi) after take-off from Moscow–Vnukovo Airport, on a domestic flight to Minsk-1 International Airport, and Brest Airport, Belarus. The crash killed all sixty-one on board and one in a house on the ground.[1][2]

Aeroflot Flight 2003
An Aeroflot Tu-124, similar to the accident aircraft
Accident
Date3 January 1976 (1976-01-03)
SummaryInstrument failure
SiteVnukovo International Airport, Moscow, Russia
55°35′13″N 37°9′30″E / 55.58694°N 37.15833°E / 55.58694; 37.15833
Total fatalities62
Total survivors0
Aircraft
Aircraft typeTupolev Tu-124V
OperatorAeroflot, North Kavkaz Civil Aviation Directorate
RegistrationСССР-45037
Flight originVnukovo International Airport
StopoverMinsk-1 International Airport
DestinationBrest Airport
Occupants61
Passengers56
Crew5
Fatalities61
Survivors0
Ground casualties
Ground fatalities1

Accident

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The aircraft was on initial climb-out following take-off; as it entered clouds both artificial horizons failed, so the crew had no visual reference. The aircraft banked to the left, dived and crashed into a house 7 km (4.3 mi) from Vnukovo International Airport.[3][4]

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References

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  1. ^ Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 28 July 2013.
  2. ^ "Туполев Ту-124В Бортовой №: СССР-45037". russianplanes.net. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Soviet Transport Database". Dutch Aviation Society.
  4. ^ "Катастрофа Ту-124В Белорусского УГА в районе а/п Внуково". www.airdisaster.ru. Retrieved 20 March 2017.