Accident | |
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Date | 14 January 1967 |
Summary | In-flight fire |
Site | Near Tolmachevo Airport |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Antonov An-12B |
Operator | Aeroflot |
Registration | CCCP-04343 |
Flight origin | Novosibirsk-Tolmachevo Airport (OVB/UNNN), Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia |
Destination | Krasnoyarsk Airport (KJA/UNKL), Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia |
Occupants | 6 |
Crew | 6 |
Fatalities | 6 |
Survivors | 0 |
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.