Aeroflot Flight 3739 (1976)

Aeroflot Flight 3739

An Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-104A, similar to the one involved in the accident
Accident
Date	9 February 1976 (1976-02-09)
Summary	Crashed during takeoff due to pilot error, asymmetric refueling
Site	Near Irkutsk Airport 52°15′42″N 104°24′37″E / 52.26167°N 104.41028°E / 52.26167; 104.41028
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Tupolev Tu-104A
Operator	Aeroflot
Registration	СССР-42327
Flight origin	Irkutsk Airport
Stopover	Tolmachevo Airport
Destination	Pulkovo Airport
Occupants	114
Passengers	104
Crew	10
Fatalities	24
Injuries	78
Survivors	90

Aeroflot Flight 3739 (Russian: Рейс 3739 Аэрофлота Reys 3739 Aeroflota) was a regularly scheduled Russian domestic flight from Irkutsk to Pulkovo Airport in Saint Petersburg (with a stopover at Tolmachevo Airport in Novosibirsk) that crashed during takeoff from Irkutsk International Airport on 9 February 1976. Twenty-four of the 114 people on board died in the accident.^[1]