Aeroflot Flight 3352

Aeroflot Flight 3352 was a regularly scheduled Aeroflot flight from Krasnodar to Novosibirsk, with an intermediate landing in Omsk. While landing at Omsk Airport on Thursday, 11 October 1984, the aircraft crashed into maintenance vehicles on the runway, killing 174 people on board and four on the ground. While a chain of mistakes in airport operations contributed to the accident, its major cause was an air traffic controller falling asleep on duty. As of 2022, this remains the deadliest aviation accident on Russian territory. It was also the deadliest aviation accident involving a Tupolev Tu-154 at the time until the crash of Aeroflot Flight 5143 nine months later; as of 2023, it still ranks as the second-deadliest accident involving a Tupolev Tu-154. The tragedy was kept secret for twenty years, until Komsomolskaya Pravda published an article in 2004.

Aeroflot Flight 3352
A Tupolev Tu-154B-1, similar to the one involved in the accident, in 1982.
Accident
Date11 October 1984
SummaryRunway incursion due to ATC error
SiteOmsk Airport, Omsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
54°58′00″N 73°18′30″E
Total fatalities178 (including 4 on the ground)
Aircraft
Aircraft typeTupolev Tu-154B-1
OperatorAeroflot
RegistrationCCCP-85243
Flight originKrasnodar International Airport
StopoverOmsk Airport
DestinationNovosibirsk Tolmachevo Airport
Occupants179
Passengers170
Crew9
Fatalities174
Injuries5
Survivors5
Ground casualties
Ground fatalities4
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