Global InformationAeroflot Flight 065 information
 Sister ship of accident aircraft at Haneda Airport, Tokyo in 1965. | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 17 February 1966 |
| Summary | Crew and ATC errors |
| Site | Sheremetyevo International Airport |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Tupolev Tu-114 |
| Operator | Aeroflot |
| Registration | CCCP-76491 |
| Flight origin | Sheremetyevo International Airport, Moscow, Russia |
| 1st stopover | Conakry International Airport, Conakry, Republic of Guinea[1] |
| 2nd stopover | Kotoka International Airport, Accra, Ghana[1] |
| Destination | Maya-Maya Airport, Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo |
| Passengers | 47 |
| Crew | 19 |
| Fatalities | 21 |
| Survivors | 45 |
Aeroflot Flight 065 was a scheduled passenger flight operated by the International Civil Aviation Directorate division of Aeroflot. On 17 February 1966 at 1:38 am local time a Tupolev Tu-114 crashed during take-off from Sheremetyevo International Airport in Moscow, killing 21 of the 47 passengers and 19 crew members on board.[2] This was the only fatal incident involving a Tu-114.[3] A committee investigating the accident found that the crash was due to multiple crew and ATC failures.
- ^ a b "Register of aircraft type Tupolev tu-114/116/126". russianplanes.net. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
- ^ "Plane crash of Tu-114 TU MVL GA Sheremetyevo Airport". en.avia.pro. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
- ^ "Accident Details". planecrashinfo.com. Retrieved 26 January 2017.