Aeroflot Flight 331
The accident occurred after the aircraft hit power lines on its final approach to the airport during poor weather.The aircraft involved was an Ilyushin Il-62M, registered as CCCP-86614 and operated by the International Civil Aviation Directorate of Aeroflot.The five-man crew consisted of Captain Viktor Orlov, Co-pilot Vasily Shevelev, Navigator Anatoly Vorobyov, Flight Engineer Yuri Suslov, and Radio Operator Evgeniy Pankov.At the time, cumulus clouds were present, visibility was 8 kilometres (5.0 mi; 4.3 nmi) with a dense fog at 40 metres (130 ft), atmospheric pressure was 758 mmHg (0.997 atm), and the temperature was 21 °C (70 °F).[4] At 8:45:28 (12:45:28 UTC) local time, still 1,270 metres (1.27 km; 0.79 mi) from the runway, the crew spotted four power lines 28-metre (92 ft) high, and attempted to avoid them by pitching the nose up.