Aeroflot Flight 411
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Aeroflot Flight 411 was a four-engined Ilyushin Il-62
that was departing Sheremetyevo Airport
, Moscow
on a flight to Senegal when it crashed and was destroyed by fire shortly after take-off.
The flightcrew had engine fire warning illuminated shortly after take-off and the pilot shut down both engines and tried to return to Sheremetyevo Airport. While trying to return to the airport on two engines, the pilots lost control of the Il-62 which crashed into a field and burnt out. It was reported that the fire warnings were false.
Ilyushin Il-62
The Ilyushin Il-62 is a Soviet long-range jet airliner conceived in 1960 by Ilyushin. As successor to the popular turbo-prop Il-18 and with capacity for almost 200 passengers, the Il-62 was the largest jet airliner when it first flew in 1963. It entered Aeroflot service on 15 September 1967 with...
that was departing Sheremetyevo Airport
Sheremetyevo International Airport
Sheremetyevo International Airport , is an international airport located in the Moscow Oblast, Russia, north-west of central Moscow. It is a hub for the passenger operations of the Russian international airline Aeroflot, and one of the three major airports serving Moscow along with Domodedovo...
, Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
on a flight to Senegal when it crashed and was destroyed by fire shortly after take-off.
The flightcrew had engine fire warning illuminated shortly after take-off and the pilot shut down both engines and tried to return to Sheremetyevo Airport. While trying to return to the airport on two engines, the pilots lost control of the Il-62 which crashed into a field and burnt out. It was reported that the fire warnings were false.