Aeroflot Flight 3519

Aeroflot Flight 3519

A Tupolev Tu-154B-2, similar to the one involved in the accident, in 1996
Accident
Date	23 December 1984 (1984-12-23)
Summary	Uncontained engine failure, in-flight fire
Site	Krasnoyarsk Airport, near Krasnoyarsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union 56°10′18″N 92°29′36″E / 56.1717°N 92.4933°E / 56.1717; 92.4933
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Tupolev Tu-154B-2
Operator	Aeroflot
IATA flight No.	SU3519
ICAO flight No.	AFL3519
Call sign	AEROFLOT 3519
Registration	CCCP-85338
Flight origin	Krasnoyarsk Airport
Destination	Irkutsk Airport
Occupants	111
Passengers	104
Crew	7
Fatalities	110
Injuries	1
Survivors	1

Aeroflot Flight 3519 was a Tupolev Tu-154B-2 airline flight on a domestic route from Krasnoyarsk to Irkutsk on 23 December 1984. Shortly after takeoff, the No. 3 engine caught fire, and the airplane crashed during an emergency landing. This killed 110 people; there was only one survivor, and the aircraft was destroyed.^[1] The engine fire was caused by a manufacturing defect in the compressor disk.