Aeroflot Flight 964
Aeroflot Flight 964 was a flight operated by Aeroflot from Kutaisi Airport, Georgia to Domodedovo Airport, Moscow, Russian SFSR. On 13 October 1973, the Tupolev Tu-104 operating on the route crashed during its approach to Moscow, killing all 122 passengers and crew on board. It remains the deadliest accident involving a Tupolev Tu-104. Aircraft The aircraft involved in the accident was a Tupolev Tu-104B, registered СССР-42486 to the Georgia division of Aeroflot. Originally the aircraft cabin had 100 seats, but it was later reconfigured for 115 seats. At the time of the accident, the aircraft had 16,250 flight hours and sustained 9,776 pressurization cycles. Crew Eight crew members were aboard the flight. The cockpit crew consisted of: Captain Georgy Iraklievich Kurtsidze Co-pilot Karmen Semenovich Ratiani Navigator Boris Grigorievich Yegoyan Flight Engineer Devi Alexandrovich Zakariadze Radio operator Gurami Georgievich Lominadze Flight attendants R.K. Nubarova and D.I. Rusova worked in the cabin, along with an officer of the Ministry of Internal Affairs monitoring the flight. Synopsis The flight departed Kutaisi Airport at 18:10 with 114 passengers aboard. Eight passengers boarded the flight illegally. At 19:52 the Tu-104 was handed over to Moscow air traffic control. At 20:12:55 the controller gave Flight 964