| Aeroflot Flight 2003 | |
| Occurrence Type: | Accident |
| Image Upright: | 1.15 |
| Type: | Instrument failure |
| Site: | Vnukovo International Airport, Moscow, Russia |
| Coordinates: | 55.5869°N 37.1583°W |
| Total Fatalities: | 62 |
| Total Survivors: | 0 |
| Aircraft Type: | Tupolev Tu-124V |
| Operator: | Aeroflot, North Kavkaz Civil Aviation Directorate |
| Tail Number: | СССР-45037 |
| Origin: | Vnukovo International Airport |
| Stopover: | Minsk-1 International Airport |
| Destination: | Brest Airport |
| Occupants: | 61 |
| Passengers: | 56 |
| Crew: | 5 |
| Fatalities: | 61 |
| Survivors: | 0 |
| Ground Fatalities: | 1 |
Aeroflot Flight 2003 was operated on 3 January 1976 by a Tupolev Tu-124, registration СССР-45037, when it crashed 7km (04miles) after take-off from Moscow–Vnukovo Airport, on a domestic flight to Minsk-1 International Airport, and Brest Airport, Belarus. The crash killed all sixty-one on board and one in a house on the ground.[1]
The aircraft was on initial climb-out following take-off; as it entered clouds both artificial horizons failed, so the crew had no visual reference. The aircraft banked to the left, dived and crashed into a house 7km (04miles) from Vnukovo International Airport.[2] [3]