Accident | |
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Date | 28 November 1976 |
Summary | Crew disorientation as a result of artificial horizon failure |
Site | Near Klushino, Moscow region 56°01′11″N 37°17′30″E / 56.01972°N 37.29167°E |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Tupolev Tu-104B |
Operator | Aeroflot |
Registration | СССР-42471 |
Flight origin | Sheremetyevo International Airport, Moscow, Russia |
Destination | Pulkovo Airport, Saint Petersburg, Russia |
Occupants | 73 |
Passengers | 67 |
Crew | 6 |
Fatalities | 73 |
Survivors | 0 |
Aeroflot Flight 2415 (Russian: Рейс 2415 Аэрофлота Reys 2415 Aeroflota) was a regularly scheduled passenger flight from Moscow to Leningrad that crashed shortly after takeoff on 28 November 1976. The cause of the accident was attributed to crew disorientation as a result of artificial horizon failure in low visibility conditions.[1]