Aeroflot Flight 5463

Aeroflot Flight 5463

An Aeroflot Tu-134A in 1983, similar to that involved in the accident.
Accident
Date	30 August 1983
Summary	Controlled flight into terrain caused by pilot error and ATC error
Site	36 km (22 mi; 19 nmi) from Alma-Ata Airport, Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Tupolev Tu-134A
Operator	Aeroflot
Registration	CCCP-65129
Flight origin	Chelyabinsk Airport, Chelyabinsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Destination	Alma-Ata Airport, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Occupants	90
Passengers	84
Crew	6
Fatalities	90
Survivors	0

Aeroflot Flight 5463 was a Soviet domestic passenger flight from Chelyabinsk to Almaty which crashed on 30 August 1983 while approaching Almaty. The Tupolev Tu-134A collided with the western slope of Dolan Mountain at an altitude of 690 m (2,260 ft). As a result of the accident, all ninety people on board were killed. Crew error was cited as the cause of the accident.^[1]