Recent Russian plane disasters

An Antonov An-148 carrying 71 people crashed near Moscow minutes after taking off, killing everyone on board in one of Russia’s worst ever aviation disasters

1. Aug 24, 2008: Itek Air Boeing 737 crashes shortly after take-off from Bishkek, killing 68 of 90 on board

2. Sep 14, 2008: Aeroflot Flight 821 crashes on approach to Perm Airport, killing all 88 people on board

3. Apr 10, 2010: Polish Air Force Tu-154 crashes when trying to land at Smolensk in thick fog, killing all 96 people on board, including Polish president Lech Kaczyński

4. Jun 20, 2011: RusAir Tupolev 134 crashes near Petrozavodsk, killing 45. Pilot error blamed

5. Sep 7 2011: Yakovlev Yak-42 carrying Russian ice hockey team Lokomotiv plummets into river after taking off from Yaroslavl. 44 of 45 people on board killed

6. Apr 2, 2012: UTair Flight 120 crashes after take-off from Roschino airport, killing 33 people

7. Nov 17, 2013: Tatarstan Airlines Boeing 737 crashes during aborted landing in Kazan, killing 50 people

8. Oct 31, 2015: Onboard bomb destroys Russian Metrojet airliner soon after take-off from Egypt’s Sharm al-Sheikh resort, killing 244 people

9. Mar 19, 2016: FlyDubai Boeing 737-800 crashes on landing at Rostov-on-Don. 62 people killed

10. Dec 25, 2016: Tu-154 operated by Russian Defence Ministry on its way to Syria crashes into Black Sea minutes after takeoff from Sochi. All 92 people on board killed

Moscow
RUSSIA
EGYPT
POLAND
KAZAKHSTAN
KYRGYZSTAN
SYRIA
Black Sea
500 miles
800km

Sources: Airsafe.com, Saratov Airlines, AFP
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