Qualla: Aeroflot Flight 601 https://qualla.com/aeroflot-flight-601 en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:36 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Aeroflot Flight 601 https://qualla.com/aeroflot-flight-601 Aeroflot Flight 601: Introduction https://qualla.com/aeroflot-flight-601/ Christmas Eve, 1983. Drizzle hung over the airfield at Leshukonskoye, a small settlement in Arkhangelsk Oblast where the taiga meets the tundra and winter daylight barely lasts four hours. The Antonov An-24RV operating Aeroflot Flight 601 had departed Arkhangelsk on a routine domestic run, carrying 44 passengers and a crew of five into weather that was marginal but flyable -- visibility at five kilometers, winds light at three meters per second, temperature hovering at zero. What happened next would unfold in less than two minutes, and it would come down to a single pilot's refusal to let go of an approach that had already gone wrong.

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]]> Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/v/5/8/9/aeroflot-flight-601-wp/v589-aeroflot-flight-601-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Aeroflot Flight 601: A Deviation Too Far https://qualla.com/aeroflot-flight-601/ Sixteen kilometers out from Leshukonskoye airport, the crew began configuring for landing. Captain Nikolai Alimov lowered the gear at 500 meters altitude and set the flaps to 15 degrees, then extended them to 38 for the final approach. As the aircraft descended, it drifted -- not...

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]]> Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/v/5/8/9/aeroflot-flight-601-wp/v589-aeroflot-flight-601-a-deviation-too-far.mp3 0:06 2 full Aeroflot Flight 601: Ninety Degrees of Bank https://qualla.com/aeroflot-flight-601/ At approximately 30 meters above the ground, Alimov finally called for a go-around. The landing gear retracted and the engines spooled up, but the aircraft had already entered a regime from which recovery was nearly impossible. As it climbed, the angle of attack exceeded the crit...

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]]> Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/v/5/8/9/aeroflot-flight-601-wp/v589-aeroflot-flight-601-ninety-degrees-of-bank.mp3 0:06 3 full Aeroflot Flight 601: A Pattern of Risk https://qualla.com/aeroflot-flight-601/ The investigation placed responsibility squarely on Captain Alimov. His decision to correct the approach rather than execute an immediate go-around violated standard Aeroflot flight procedures, and investigators found that his piloting style showed a broader pattern of risk-takin...

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]]> Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/v/5/8/9/aeroflot-flight-601-wp/v589-aeroflot-flight-601-a-pattern-of-risk.mp3 0:06 4 full Aeroflot Flight 601: The Airfield at the Edge https://qualla.com/aeroflot-flight-601/ Leshukonskoye sits deep in Russia's boreal north, a village on the Vashka River accessible by air and seasonal roads. In winter, the settlement is functionally isolated except by aircraft -- the very reason a scheduled Aeroflot service existed at all. The airfield itself was rudi...

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