Aeroflot Flight 3519
Irkutsk Airport | |
| Occupants | 111 |
|---|---|
| Passengers | 104 |
| Crew | 7 |
| Fatalities | 110 |
| Injuries | 1 |
| Survivors | 1 |
Aeroflot Flight 3519 was a Tupolev Tu-154B-2 airline flight on a domestic route from Krasnoyarsk to Irkutsk on 23 December 1984. Shortly after takeoff, the No. 3 engine caught fire, and the airplane crashed during an emergency landing. This killed 110 people; there was only one survivor, and the aircraft was destroyed.[1] The engine fire was caused by a manufacturing defect in the compressor disk.
Accident details
On 23 December 1984, at 2:08 p.m.
When Flight 3519 passed the outer marker of the runway of Krasnoyarsk Airport, it was flying at a speed of 420 kilometres per hour (230 kn; 260 mph) at an altitude of 175 metres (574 ft), and was descending at 10 metres per second (33 ft/s). Due to the extensive fire damage that left the aircraft with only one functional engine, the crew was unable to control the plane. It banked to the right and crashed into the runway at 2:15 pm at a 50-degree angle. The time between the start of the fire and the crash was four minutes and 30 seconds.[1] The only survivor was one passenger, a 29-year-old man, who was badly injured. The other 110 people aboard the aircraft were killed. The aircraft was destroyed and partially burned in the crash.[2]
Technical data and statistics
The aircraft's initial flight was in 1979.[1]
At the time of takeoff and the crash, the weather was calm, with visibility at more than 3,500 metres (11,500 ft), very few clouds, and a temperature of −18 °C (0 °F). The weather did not play a role in the crash.[2]
Of the 104 passengers aboard, five were children.[2] There were seven crew members. Of the 111 people aboard, all of the crew and 103 passengers were killed in the crash. No ground injuries or casualties were reported.[1]
See also
- List of sole survivors of airline accidents or incidents