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Tu-154 fire at Tolmachevo

18 Feb 1978 · Tolmachevo Airport, Novosibirsk (RSFSR, USSR)

Aeroflot (West Siberian Civil Aviation Directorate, Tolmachevo Joint Aviation Squadron ) Tupolev Tu-154 · Violations in the work of aerodrome services

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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
Occurrence
Event fatalities
Unknown
Ground fatalities
Unknown
Occupants
Unknown
Survivors
Unknown
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-154

Aircraft type
Tupolev TU-154
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-85087
Onboard fatalities
Unknown
Route
From not recordedTo not recorded

Approximate · Estimated position: Novosibirsk Tolmachevo Airport, the airport the Wikipedia article names as the site. Where on or near it is not known.

From the Wikipedia article

The Tu-154 fire at Tolmachevo was an aviation incident (a fire) that occurred on Saturday 18 February 1978 involving a Tu-154A aircraft of the company Aeroflot at Tolmachevo Airport, Novosibirsk. The burned aircraft, or more precisely its tail section, was later used in the filming of the well-known Soviet disaster film «Air Crew» (Ekipazh) directed by Alexander Mitta in 1979.

Translated into English with AI assistance from the Russian Wikipedia article “Пожар Ту-154 в Толмачёво” (revision 150406510, retrieved 2026-09-19) by its authors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Extracted as plain text: references, tables, images and some sections are left out; the translation may contain errors, and long articles were cut to their first 700 words. Read the article

Sources

Russian Wikipedia article: Пожар Ту-154 в Толмачёво
Article
Пожар Ту-154 в Толмачёво
Translation
Into English with AI assistance; names of linked operators and aircraft types from Wikidata. It may contain errors.
Revision
150406510 · 2025-12-02 · retrieved 2026-09-19
Wikidata
Q16686720
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
ru Wikipedia article "Пожар Ту-154 в Толмачёво" (page 4819982, revision 150406510), translated into English with AI assistance
Date
Wikipedia infobox: date
Place and country
Wikipedia infobox: site
Map position
airport the Wikipedia infobox site links (Wikidata code, OurAirports)
Aircraft, operator and route
Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
Operation
Reviewed correction (2026-09-26): The aircraft that burned at the airport was an Aeroflot airliner: an airline's aircraft. The article: "involving a Tu-154A aircraft of the company Aeroflot at Tolmachevo Airport, Novosibirsk"
Fatalities
not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
Ground fatalities
not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
Summary
Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (1)
  • Wikipedia · Facts from the Russian Wikipedia article's infobox, translated into English with AI assistance, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.