2004 Russian aircraft bombings

2004 Russian aircraft bombings

Bombing
Date	24 August 2004
Summary	Suicide bombings
Site	Tula and Rostov Oblasts, Russia
Total fatalities	90
Total survivors	0
First aircraft
The Tu-134 involved, seen here two months before the bombings, operated by Kolavia at Domodedovo International Airport
Type	Tupolev Tu-134A-3
Operator	Volga-AviaExpress
Registration	RA-65080
Flight origin	Domodedovo International Airport, Moscow
Destination	Volgograd International Airport, Volgograd
Passengers	35
Crew	9
Fatalities	44
Survivors	0
Second aircraft
Tu-154B-2 RA-85556, the aircraft involved, landing at Domodedovo International Airport in June 2004
Type	Tupolev Tu-154B-2
Operator	Siberia Airlines
Registration	RA-85556
Flight origin	Domodedovo International Airport, Moscow
Destination	Adler-Sochi International Airport, Sochi
Passengers	38
Crew	8
Fatalities	46
Survivors	0

On the night of 24 August 2004, explosive devices were detonated on board two domestic passenger flights that had taken off from Domodedovo International Airport in Moscow, Russia, causing the destruction of both aircraft and the loss of all 90 people on board them.^[1][2]

Subsequent investigations concluded that two Chechen female suicide bombers were responsible for the bombings, which were also later claimed by the leader of the Chechen insurgency.