Aeroflot Flight 1492

Aeroflot Flight 1492

The wreckage of Flight 1492, after the fire
Accident
Date	5 May 2019 (2019-05-05)
Summary	Major electrical failure after lightning strike, caught fire during emergency landing
Site	Sheremetyevo International Airport, Moscow, Russia 55°58′06″N 37°24′07″E / 55.96833°N 37.40194°E / 55.96833; 37.40194
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Sukhoi Superjet 100-95B
Aircraft name	Mustai Karim
Operator	Aeroflot
IATA flight No.	SU1492
ICAO flight No.	AFL1492
Call sign	AEROFLOT 1492
Registration	RA-89098
Flight origin	Sheremetyevo International Airport, Moscow, Russia
Destination	Murmansk Airport, Russia
Occupants	78
Passengers	73
Crew	5
Fatalities	41
Injuries	10
Survivors	37

Aeroflot Flight 1492 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight operated by Aeroflot from Moscow–Sheremetyevo to Murmansk, Russia. On 5 May 2019, the Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft operating the flight was climbing out when it was struck by lightning. The aircraft suffered an electrical failure and returned to Sheremetyevo for an emergency landing. It bounced on landing and touched down hard, causing the landing gear to collapse, fuel to spill out of the wings, and a fire to erupt.^[1] The fire engulfed the rear of the aircraft, killing 41 of the 78 occupants.