Aeroflot Flight 012
Aeroflot Flight 012 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Beijing, China to Moscow, Soviet Union on Saturday, July 13, 1963, which crashed on landing at a scheduled stopover in Irkutsk. 33 of the 35 people on board died in the crash.
An Aeroflot Tu-104B similar to the one involved in the accident | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 13 July 1963 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain |
| Site | Near Irkutsk 52.2533°N 104.4372°E |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Tupolev Tu-104B |
| Operator | Aeroflot |
| Registration | СССР-42492 |
| Flight origin | Beijing Capital International Airport, China |
| Stopover | Irkutsk, USSR |
| Destination | Sheremetyevo Airport, Moscow USSR |
| Passengers | 27 |
| Crew | 8 |
| Fatalities | 33 |
| Survivors | 2 |
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