Aeroflot Flight 811
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 24 August 1981 |
| Summary | Mid-air collision |
| Site |
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| Total fatalities | 37 |
| Total injuries | 1 |
| Total survivors | 1 |
| First aircraft | |
| An Aeroflot An-24RV similar to the accident aircraft, this would later crash as the An-24 crash in Navoiy. | |
| Type | Antonov An-24RV |
| Operator | Aeroflot |
| Registration | CCCP-46653 |
| Flight origin | Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Airport (UUS) |
| Stopover | Komsomolsk-on-Amur Airport (KXK) |
| Destination | Blagoveshchensk Airport (BQS/UHBB) |
| Passengers | 27 |
| Crew | 5 |
| Fatalities | 31 |
| Injuries | 1 |
| Survivors | 1 |
| Second aircraft | |
| A Tu-16K similar to the accident aircraft | |
| Type | Tupolev Tu-16K |
| Operator | Soviet Air Forces |
| Registration | 07514 (call sign) |
| Flight origin | Zavitinsk air base |
| Destination | Zavitinsk air base |
| Crew | 6 |
| Fatalities | 6 |
| Survivors | 0 |
Aeroflot Flight 811 was a scheduled Soviet domestic passenger flight from Komsomolsk-on-Amur to Blagoveshchensk that collided mid-air on 24 August 1981 with a Tupolev Tu-16K strategic bomber over Zavitinsky District in Amur Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Russia). The collision between Aeroflot's Antonov An-24RV and the Tupolev Tu-16K occurred at an altitude of 5,220 metres (17,130 ft), killing 37 people on both aircraft. The sole survivor, 20-year-old passenger Larisa Savitskaya, who had been aboard Flight 811, was rescued on the third day after the accident.