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1974 Leningrad Aeroflot Il-18 crash

1974 CE · Europe · Disaster

1974 Leningrad Aeroflot Il-18 crash
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On 27 April 1974, an Aeroflot Ilyushin Il-18, operating a scheduled passenger flight from Leningrad to Krasnodar via Zaporizhzhia, lost control and crashed after attempting to return to Pulkovo Airport following an engine fire killing all 102 passengers and 7 crew on board the flight.

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