Accident description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 23 AUG 1979 |
| Type: | Antonov 12TB |
| Operator: | Aeroflot, Krasnoyarsk Civil Aviation Directorate |
| Registration: | CCCP-12963 |
| C/n / msn: | 9346407 |
| First flight: | |
| Total airframe hrs: | 18235 |
| Cycles: | 7006 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 10 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 16 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 18 km (11.3 mls) from Yeniseisk (Russia) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Noril'sk Airport (NSK), Russia |
| Krasnoyarsk Airport (KJA/UNKL), Russia |
Two hours and 18 minutes after take-off, en route from Norilsk to Krasnoyarsk, all four engines flamed out at 7,800 m due to fuel contamination. The Antonov crashed in a forest.
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Noril'sk Airport to Krasnoyarsk Airport as the crow flies is 1472 km (920 miles).
Distance from Noril'sk Airport to Krasnoyarsk Airport as the crow flies is 1472 km (920 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
