Aeroflot Flight 411

Aeroflot Flight 411 was an international scheduled flight from Sheremetyevo Airport, Moscow to Freetown, Sierra Leone via Dakar in Senegal. Early on 6 July 1982, the four-engined Ilyushin Il-62 crashed and was destroyed by fire after two engines were shut down shortly after take-off. All 90 passengers and crew on board died as a result of the crash.

Aeroflot Flight 411
An Aeroflot Ilyushin Il-62M, similar to the accident aircraft
Accident
Date6 July 1982
SummaryLow-altitude stall
SiteMendeleyevo, Moscow Oblast, Soviet Union
Aircraft
Aircraft typeIlyushin Il-62M
OperatorAeroflot
RegistrationСССР-86513
Flight originMoscow, Soviet Union
StopoverDakar, Senegal
DestinationFreetown, Sierra Leone
Occupants90
Passengers80
Crew10
Fatalities90
Survivors0
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