Aeroflot Flight 3519
Aeroflot Flight 3519 was a Tupolev Tu-154B-2 airline flight on a domestic route from Krasnoyarsk to Irkutsk on 23 December 1984. Shortly after takeoff, the No. 3 engine caught fire, and the airplane crashed during an emergency landing. This killed 110 people; there was only one survivor, and the aircraft was destroyed. The engine fire was caused by a manufacturing defect in the compressor disk.
A Tupolev Tu-154B-2, similar to the one involved in the accident, in 1996 | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 23 December 1984 |
| Summary | Uncontained engine failure, in-flight fire |
| Site | Krasnoyarsk Airport, near Krasnoyarsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union 56.1717°N 92.4933°E |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Tupolev Tu-154B-2 |
| Operator | Aeroflot |
| IATA flight No. | SU3519 |
| ICAO flight No. | AFL3519 |
| Call sign | AEROFLOT 3519 |
| Registration | CCCP-85338 |
| Flight origin | Krasnoyarsk Airport |
| Destination | Irkutsk Airport |
| Occupants | 111 |
| Passengers | 104 |
| Crew | 7 |
| Fatalities | 110 |
| Injuries | 1 |
| Survivors | 1 |
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