CVR - Aeroflot Flight 9981

Photo of RA-82069 was taken in August 1996. Aircraft Photo: • Accident Details: • On October 8th 1996, an Antanov-124 owned by Aeroflot but operated by “Ajax“, flew from Moscow to Turin where it had to collect several “Ferrari“ cars and deliver them to Brunei. The flight crew consisted of: • Captain: Alexei Sergeevich Boroday • First Officer: Alexander Ugryumovich Timofeev • Flight Engineer: ? • Navigator: ? • Radio Operator: ? Due to construction works at the Caselle Airport, the runway was shortened to 2350 meters from 3300 which caused difficulties in landing. After passing the clouds, the crew saw that they were passing the runway threshold earlier than planned and at a higher altitude. The captain decided to land and the first officer began to dissuade him and asked to go-around. When the height was