Aeroflot Flight 1491
1972 Antonov An-10 crash / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Aeroflot Flight 1491 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Moscow-Vnukovo Airport to Kharkiv Airport in the USSR that crashed on 18 May 1972 while descending to land in Kharkiv, killing all 122 passengers and crew aboard the Antonov An-10.
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Date | 18 May 1972 (1972-05-18) |
Summary | Structural failure leading to loss of control |
Site | Near Kharkiv, Ukraine 49°54′56″N 36°39′02″E |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Antonov An-10A |
Operator | Aeroflot |
Registration | CCCP-11215 |
Flight origin | Vnukovo Airport |
Destination | Kharkiv Airport |
Occupants | 122 |
Passengers | 114 |
Crew | 8 |
Fatalities | 122 |
Survivors | 0 |
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