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Date | 17 November 1981 |
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 |
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]