Aeroflot Flight 1492

Aeroflot Flight 1492
Photograph of the aircraft involved
The wreckage of Flight 1492, after the fire
Accident
Date5 May 2019 (2019-05-05)
SummaryMajor electrical failure after lightning strike, caught fire during emergency landing
SiteSheremetyevo International Airport, Moscow, Russia
55°58′06″N 37°24′07″E / 55.96833°N 37.40194°E / 55.96833; 37.40194
Aircraft
Aircraft typeSukhoi Superjet 100-95B
Aircraft nameMustai Karim
OperatorAeroflot
IATA flight No.SU1492
ICAO flight No.AFL1492
Call signAEROFLOT 1492
RegistrationRA-89098
Flight originSheremetyevo International Airport, Moscow, Russia
DestinationMurmansk Airport, Russia
Occupants78
Passengers73
Crew5
Fatalities41
Injuries10
Survivors37

Aeroflot Flight 1492 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight operated by Aeroflot from Moscow–Sheremetyevo to Murmansk, Russia. On 5 May 2019, the Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft operating the flight was climbing out when it was struck by lightning. The aircraft suffered an electrical failure and returned to Sheremetyevo for an emergency landing. It bounced on landing and touched down hard, causing the landing gear to collapse, fuel to spill out of the wings, and a fire to erupt.[1] The fire engulfed the rear of the aircraft, killing 41 of the 78 occupants.

  1. ^ "Full video of Russia's Sukhoi Superjet 100 crash - YouTube". YouTube. Retrieved 6 May 2020.