Accidents and Incidents
- On 17 March 1979, Aeroflot Flight 1691 crashed 1.5 kilometres away from the runway while attempting to return to the airport.
- On 16 January 2010, UTair Aviation Boeing 737-500 VQ-BAC departed the runway on landing and was substantially damaged when the nosewheel collapsed.
- On 4 December 2010, South East Airlines Flight 372, which had departed from Vnukovo, lost power to all its engines and made an emergency landing at Domodedovo International Airport. Upon landing the plane overshot the runway resulting in a crash and the death of two of the 168 passengers and crew.
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