Aeroflot Flight 2306

Aeroflot Flight 2306

CCCP-65120, the aircraft involved in the accident, seen in 1980
Accident
Date	2 July 1986
Summary	In-flight fire
Site	Sysolsky district, Komi ASSR, Russian SFSR, USSR 61°12′N 49°49′E
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Tupolev Tu-134AK
Operator	Aeroflot
Registration	CCCP-65120
Flight origin	Vorkuta Airport, Vorkuta
Stopover	Syktyvkar Airport, Syktyvkar
Destination	Sheremetyevo Airport, Moscow
Occupants	92
Passengers	86
Crew	6
Fatalities	54
Injuries	38
Survivors	38

Aeroflot Flight 2306 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Vorkuta to Moscow in the Soviet Union, with a stopover in Syktyvkar. The Tupolev Tu-134 operated by Aeroflot crashed on 2 July 1986 during an emergency landing after it departed Syktyvkar, killing 54 of 92 passengers and crew on board.

Aircraft

The aircraft was a Tupolev Tu-134AK, manufactured in 1978 and registered as CCCP-65120 to the Komi Civil Aviation department of Aeroflot. At the time of the crash the aircraft had sustained 7,989 pressurization cycles and 13,988 flight hours.

See also

• Air Canada Flight 797
• ValuJet Flight 592
• Saudia Flight 163
• Swissair Flight 111