Aeroflot Flight 3603

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Aeroflot Flight 3603

An Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-154 similar to the one that crashed
Accident
Date	17 November 1981 (1981-11-17)
Summary	Controlled flight into terrain due to misalignment and design flaws
Site	Noril'sk Airport, Noril'sk, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Soviet Union 69°17′37.68″N 87°18′2.52″E / 69.2938000°N 87.3007000°E / 69.2938000; 87.3007000
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Tupolev Tu-154B-2
Operator	Aeroflot
Registration	CCCP-85480
Flight origin	Krasnoyarsk Airport
Destination	Noril'sk Airport
Occupants	167
Passengers	160
Crew	7
Fatalities	99
Survivors	68

Aeroflot Flight 3603 was a Tupolev Tu-154 operating a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Krasnoyarsk to Noril'sk, both in the Soviet Union, that crashed while attempting to land on 17 November 1981. Of the 167 passengers and crew on board, 99 were killed in the accident.^[1]