[1] The aircraft involved in the accident was an Ilyushin Il-18D registered CCCP-74252 to the Aeroflot Far East Civil Aviation Directorate.

[2] The cockpit crew consisted of:[3] The flight successfully completed the Moscow-Yemelyanovo part of the route.

The "fasten seat belt" sign was turned on and at one point the airliner was inverted.

The only survivor was a young soldier found alive but injured at the crash site.

[4] The investigation hypothesized that an emergency onboard caused the crew to descend, and in doing so control of the aircraft was lost when engine number three did not perform as expected.