Aeroflot accidents and incidents in the 1990s

After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in December 1991 (1991-12), its former republics started establishing their own carriers from the corresponding directorates Aeroflot had at these countries, causing the airline to shrink drastically.

[1][2][3] The fleet reduced from several thousand aircraft to a number slightly over 100 in 1993,[4] helping the former Soviet Union's national airline to improve its accidents and incidents record sharply.

Despite this, the three deadliest accidents the airline went through in the decade occurred in the post-Soviet era, leaving a death toll of 257, each one involving more than 50 fatalities.

The worst accident involved a Tupolev Tu-134A that contacted trees on approach to Ivanovo Airport in August 1992 (1992-08), crashing and killing all 84 passengers and crew on board.

[5] The most infamous crash and the second worst accident for the company in the decade occurred in March 1994 (1994-03) when an Airbus A310 that was flying the Moscow–Hong Kong route crashed in the Kemerovo Oblast shortly after the captain's son manipulated the controls of the aircraft, with the loss of 75 lives.