Aeroflot Flight 5003 (1967)

Aeroflot Flight 5003
An Aeroflot An-12B in 1972, similar to the one involved in the accident.
Accident
Date14 January 1967
SummaryIn-flight fire
SiteNear Tolmachevo Airport
Aircraft
Aircraft typeAntonov An-12B
OperatorAeroflot
RegistrationCCCP-04343
Flight originNovosibirsk-Tolmachevo Airport (OVB/UNNN), Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia
DestinationKrasnoyarsk Airport (KJA/UNKL), Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
Occupants6
Crew6
Fatalities6
Survivors0

Aeroflot Flight 5003 was a Soviet domestic cargo flight that crashed during climb out on 14 January 1967. The Antonov An-12B was flying between Novosibirsk and Krasnoyarsk in Russia with a crew of six when it crashed. It was carrying industrial parts from Moscow to Khabarovsk with several intermediate stops in between, however it caught fire shortly after takeoff, resulting in a fatal accident. At the time Flight 5003 was being operated by Polar Aviation Management under Aeroflot.