Aeroflot Flight 99
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Aeroflot Flight 99 was a Tupolev Tu-124 operating a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Leningrad to Murmansk, both in the Soviet Union, which crashed while attempting to land on 11 November 1965. Of the 64 passengers and crew on board, 32 were killed in the accident, and many of the survivors sustained injuries.[1]
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Accident | |
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Date | 11 November 1965 (1965-11-11) |
Summary | Controlled flight into terrain |
Site | 1.5 km from Murmansk Airport, RSFSR, Soviet Union |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Tupolev Tu-124V |
Operator | Aeroflot |
Registration | СССР-45086 |
Flight origin | Leningrad-Pulkovo Airport |
Destination | Murmansk Airport |
Occupants | 64 |
Passengers | 57 |
Crew | 7 |
Fatalities | 32 |
Survivors | 32 |
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