page_title: List of accidents and incidents involving airliners by location
section_title: Russia
hierarchical_section_title: List of accidents and incidents involving airliners by location / Europe / Russia
caption_attribution_description: English: Aerial view of the crash site of Flydubai Flight 981 (Rostov-on-Don, Russia) Русский: Вид с воздуха места крушения рейса Flydubai 981 (Ростов-на-Дону, Россия)
context_page_description: This list of accidents and incidents on airliners by location summarizes airline accidents by state location, airline company with flight number, date, and cause. It is also available grouped
  by year as List of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft;
  by airline;
  by category.
  If the aircraft crashed on land, it will be listed under a continent and a country. If the aircraft crashed on a body of water, it will be listed under that body of water. Accidents and incidents written in bold were the deadliest in that country.
context_section_description: Austrian Airlines Flight 901 smashed to the ground near Trukovo short of the runway on 26 September 1960, killing 31 people.
  In 1971 January 22 Surgut Aeroflot Antonov An-12 crash, an Aeroflot Antonov An-12 crashed into the ground short of the runway of Surgut International Airport. All 14 on board were perished. Icing was blamed for the crash.
  In 1971 January 31 Surgut Aeroflot Antonov An-12 crash, an Aeroslot Antonov An-12 carrying 1 passengers and 6 crew members crashed short of the runway of Surgut International Airport. All 7 people aboard were perished. Icing was blamed for the crash.
  Aeroflot Flight 217 crashed outside of Moscow on 13 October 1972 killing all 174 aboard, cause not known.
  Korean Air Lines Flight 902 was shot down by Soviet Union Air Defence after the flight violating the Soviet Union airspace. It then crashed and skidded along the frozen Korpiyarvi lake, killing 2 passengers out of 109 passengers and crews on board.
  Aeroflot Flight 1080, the flight was taking off from Yekaterinburg when all three engines of the Yakovlev Yak-40 suddenly malfunctioned. While the crew were attempting to turn the aircraft back to the airport, the aircraft crashed into terrain, killing all 38 people on board. Investigators blamed the crew, the ATC worker, the overloaded state of the aircraft and the weather condition for the crash.
  Aeroflot Flight 3932, the pilots were preoccupied by spatial disorientation as the main artificial horizon and the compass system gave the wrong indication due to electrical failure. The Tupolev Tu-104 then crashed approximately five miles from Koltsovo Airport. All 108 people on board were killed.
  Aeroflot Flight 964, the pilots were preoccupied by spatial disorientation as the main artificial horizon and the compass system gave the wrong indication due to electrical failure. The Tupolev Tu-104 spun and crashed into a field 16 km north-west of Domodedovo Airport. All 122 people on board were killed.
  Aeroflot Flight 2003, shortly after takeoff, the Tupolev Tu-124V dived and crashed into a house, killing 62 people.
  1976 Anapa mid-air collision, an Aeroflot Antonov An-24 carrying 52 people collided in mid-air over Anapa, Krasnodar Krai with an Aeroflot Yakovlev Yak-40, which was carrying 18 people. The impact severed the tail on both planes. Both planes then broke up in mid air and crashed into the Black Sea, killing 80 people.
  Aeroflot Flight 1691, the Tupolev Tu-104B was taking off when one of its fire alarm suddenly sounded. It was a false alarm. The crews did not know that it was a false alarm and attempted to return to the airport, but failed. It crashed and flipped over, killing 58 people.
  1981 Aeroflot Tu-104A crash, the Tu-104A was taking off from Pushkin Airport on 7 February 1981 when the cargo hold suddenly shifted. The plane banked to the right and crashed in upside down condition, killing all 51 people on board. An uneven distribution of the passengers in their seats were also found and concluded as one of its primary factors of the cause of the accident.
  Aeroflot Flight 498, the Ilyushin Il-14 crashed into mountainous terrain near Ust-Barguzin on 14 June 1981, killing 48 people in the worst accident involving an Ilyushin Il-14.
  Aeroflot Flight 811, the Antonov An-24RV was taking off from Komsomolsk-on-Amur Airport on 24 August 1981 when a Tupolev Tu-16K collided with the aircraft. All but one on board were killed. The survivor, Larisa Savitskaya, was conscious during the fall and glided with the 4х3 m aircraft fragment she was in. She fell into a soft, swampy glade.
  Aeroflot Flight 3603, the Tu-154B-2 was on approach to Norilsk Airport on 16 November 1981 when it descended below the glide slope aggravated with an excessive vertical speed. It then crashed ahead of the runway, killing 99 people.
  Aeroflot Flight 411, crashed on takeoff from Sheremetyevo Airport on 6 July 1982.
  Aeroflot Flight 593, crashed into a hillside in Siberia on 23 March 1994.
  Aeroflot Flight 601, the Antonov An-24RV banked left excessively and crashed while on approach Leshukonskoye Airport on 24 December 1983
caption: In this picture, the wreckage of Flydubai Flight 981, was totally pulverized in the impact
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