70 km (43.8 mls) E of Zavitinsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Russia) 50°01′10″N130°28′00″E / 50.01944°N 130.46667°E / 50.01944; 130.46667
Total fatalities
37
Total injuries
1
Total survivors
1
First aircraft
An Aeroflot An-24RV similar to the accident aircraft
Type
Antonov An-24RV
Operator
Aeroflot
Registration
CCCP-46653
Flight origin
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Airport (UUS)
Stopover
Komsomolsk-on-Amur Airport (KXK)
Destination
Blagoveshchensk Airport (BQS/UHBB)
Passengers
27
Crew
5
Fatalities
31
Injuries
1
Survivors
1
Second aircraft
A Tu-16K similar to the accident aircraft
Type
Tupolev Tu-16K
Operator
Soviet Air Forces
Registration
07514 (call sign)
Flight origin
Zavitinsk air base
Destination
Zavitinsk air base
Crew
6
Fatalities
6
Survivors
0
Aeroflot Flight 811 was a scheduled Soviet domestic passenger flight from Komsomolsk-on-Amur to Blagoveshchensk that collided mid-air on 24 August 1981 with a Tupolev Tu-16K strategic bomber over Zavitinsky District in Amur Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Russia). The collision between Aeroflot's Antonov An-24RV and Tupolev Tu-16K occurred at an altitude of 5,220 metres (17,130 ft), killing 37 people on both aircraft. The sole survivor, 20-year-old passenger Larisa Savitskaya from Antonov An-24RV, was rescued on the third day after the accident.
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