Aeroflot Flight 068
Tupolev Tu-104B · Emergency landing after contained engine failure, due to crew shutting down working engine
From Khabarovsk Novy Airport (KHV) to Pulkovo Airport (LED)
Event
- Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
- Accident
- Event fatalities
- 7 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- 2
- Occupants
- 51
- Survivors
- 46
- InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
- 31
- OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
- Airline
Tupolev Tu-104B
- Aircraft type
- Tupolev TU-104
- Category
- Airplane · from aircraft type
- RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
- CCCP-42438
- Operator
- Aeroflot
- Onboard fatalities
- 5
- Route
- From Khabarovsk Novy Airport (KHV)To Pulkovo Airport (LED)
Cause areas
- Aircraft › Aircraft power plant
- Personnel issues › Task performance
From the investigation findings the Wikipedia article reports, sorted into the NTSB's cause areas with AI assistance.
Approximate · Coordinates from the Wikipedia article; not checked against an investigation report.
From the Wikipedia article
Aeroflot Flight 068 was a regularly scheduled passenger flight operated by Aeroflot from Khabarovsk to Saint Petersburg with intermediate stops at Novosibirsk, then Koltsovo Airport in Yekaterinburg. On 16 March 1961, following an engine failure shortly after takeoff from Koltsovo Airport, the Tupolev Tu-104B operating this flight made an emergency landing on a frozen lake. Two crew members and three passengers died, along with two people on the ground, however 46 of those on board survived.
Investigation and cause
Investigation
Metal fatigue cracks caused a blade on the second stage of the compressor failed after takeoff, resulting in the failure of the right engine and severe vibrations. The left engine's inadvertent shut down was also cited as a contributing factor.
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Sources
Wikipedia article: Aeroflot Flight 068
- Article
- Aeroflot Flight 068
- Revision
- 1368349001 · 2026-08-08 · retrieved 2026-09-18
- Wikidata
- Q16662541
- Licence
- Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Where each value comes from
- Record
- Wikipedia article "Aeroflot Flight 068" (page 58126562, revision 1368349001)
- Date
- Wikipedia infobox: date
- Place and country
- Wikipedia infobox: site; country from Wikidata (P17)
- Map position
- Wikipedia article coordinates
- Aircraft, operator and route
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
- Operation
- flight number in the article title
- Fatalities
- Wikipedia infobox: total_fatalities
- Ground fatalities
- Wikipedia infobox: ground fatalities
- Summary
- Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (1)
- Wikipedia · Facts from the Wikipedia article's infobox and coordinates, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.