Baikal Airlines Flight 130
Baikal Airlines Flight 130 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Irkutsk to Moscow that crashed on 3 January 1994. The plane involved in the crash was a Tupolev Tu-154 operated by Russian airline Baikal Airlines. The plane was carrying 115 passengers and 9 crew members and was en route to Moscow when one of the engines suddenly burst into flames. The crew then tried to return to Irkutsk, but lost control of the plane and crashed into a dairy farm near the town of Mamony. All 124 people on board and one person on the ground were killed in the crash. The accident was judged to have been caused by a foreign object entering the engine and slicing several crucial lines to the airplane's hydraulic and fuel systems.
A Baikal Airlines Tupolev Tu-154M, similar to the one involved in the accident | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 3 January 1994 |
| Summary | Uncontained engine failure leading to an in-flight fire, due to pilot error and design flaws |
| Site | Mamony, near International Airport Irkutsk, Irkutsk, Russia |
| Total fatalities | 125 |
| Total injuries | 1 |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Tupolev Tu-154M |
| Operator | Baikal Airlines |
| IATA flight No. | X3130 |
| ICAO flight No. | BKL130 |
| Call sign | BAIKAL 130 |
| Registration | RA-85656 |
| Flight origin | International Airport Irkutsk, Irkutsk, Russia |
| Destination | Domodedovo International Airport, Moscow, Russia |
| Passengers | 115 |
| Crew | 9 |
| Fatalities | 124 |
| Survivors | 0 |
| Ground casualties | |
| Ground fatalities | 1 |
| Ground injuries | 1 |
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