FACTBOX: Major plane crashes involving Russia since 2000

(Reuters) - An Aeroflot Boeing 737-500 passenger plane crashed in Russia on Sunday killing all 88 people on board.

Russia has been trying to improve its aviation safety record. Below is a chronology on major plane crashes in Russia or involving Russian airlines since 2000.

2000

Oct 25 - An Il-18 military plane flying from Russia crashes on a Georgian mountainside, killing 82 people.

2001

July 3 - A Tu-154 passenger plane crashes near the Siberian city of Irkutsk, killing all 145 people on board.

Oct 4 - A Russian Tu-154 flying from Israel plunges into the Black Sea, killing all 78 on board, after it is hit by a stray Ukrainian missile during live-fire exercises on the Crimean peninsula.

2002

July 1 - A Bashkirian Airlines Tu-154 airliner collides mid-air with a German cargo plane over south-west Germany, killing 71 people, including 52 children and teenagers.

July 28 - A Russian Il-86 airliner crashes on take-off at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport. Fourteen dead.

August 19 - A military helicopter carrying more than 100 people crashes in Russia's rebellious region of Chechnya.

August 30 - All 16 people die when their An-28 crashes in a remote region of Russia's far east.

2003

March 1 - A light Czech-built L-410 aeroplane crashes about 180 km (110 miles) north of Moscow killing 11 out of 25 people on board.

2004

August 24 - Chechen suicide bombers blow up two passenger jets within minutes of each other after taking off from Moscow. A total of 89 people die.