Aeroflot Flight 012
Tupolev Tu-104B · Controlled flight into terrain
From Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) to Sheremetyevo International Airport (SVO)
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
- 33 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- Unknown
- Occupants
- Unknown
- Survivors
- 2
- 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
- Unknown
- 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-42492
- Operator
- Aeroflot
- Onboard fatalities
- 33
- Route
- From Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK)To Sheremetyevo International Airport (SVO)
Approximate · Coordinates from the Wikipedia article; not checked against an investigation report.
From the Wikipedia article
Aeroflot Flight 012 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Being Capital International Airport in Beijing, China, to Sheremetyevo Airport in Moscow, Soviet Union, with a stopover at Irkutsk Airport in Irkutsk, Soviet Union. On Saturday, July 13, 1963, the Tupolev Tu-104 operatong this route crashed on landing at the scheduled stopover in Irkutsk. 33 of the 35 people on board were killed in the crash.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Aeroflot Flight 012” (revision 1368058846, retrieved 2026-09-18) by its authors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Extracted as plain text: references, tables, images and some sections are left out. Read the article
Sources
Wikipedia article: Aeroflot Flight 012
- Article
- Aeroflot Flight 012
- Revision
- 1368058846 · 2026-08-06 · retrieved 2026-09-18
- Wikidata
- Q16662545
- 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 012" (page 60597816, revision 1368058846)
- Date
- Wikipedia infobox: date
- Place and country
- Wikipedia infobox: site
- 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: aircraft fatalities
- Ground fatalities
- not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
- 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.