Aeroflot Flight 217
Aeroflot Flight 217 was a non-scheduled international passenger flight from Orly Airport in Paris to Sheremetyevo International Airport in Moscow, with a stopover at Shosseynaya Airport (now Pulkovo Airport) in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg). On 13 October 1972, the Ilyushin Il-62 airliner operating the flight crashed on approach to Sheremetyevo, with the loss of all 164 passengers and crew of 10. At the time, it was the world's deadliest civil aviation disaster, until it was surpassed by the Kano air disaster in 1973. As of 2023, this remains the second-deadliest accident involving an Il-62, after LOT Flight 5055, and the second-deadliest on Russian soil, after Aeroflot Flight 3352.
An Aeroflot Ilyushin Il-62, similar to the crashed aircraft | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 13 October 1972 |
| Summary | Undetermined (possible crew incapacitation, lightning strike, or mechanical failure) |
| Site | Near Sheremetyevo International Airport, Lobnya, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union 56°4′50″N 37°24′36″E |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Ilyushin Il-62 |
| Operator | Aeroflot |
| Registration | CCCP-86671 |
| Flight origin | Orly Airport |
| Stopover | Shosseynaya Airport |
| Destination | Sheremetyevo International Airport |
| Occupants | 174 |
| Passengers | 164 |
| Crew | 10 |
| Fatalities | 174 |
| Survivors | 0 |
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