Aeroflot Flight 012

Aeroflot Flight 012
An Aeroflot Tu-104B similar to the one involved in the accident
Accident
Date13 July 1963 (1963-07-13)
SummaryControlled flight into terrain
SiteNear Irkutsk, USSR
52°15′12″N 104°26′14″E / 52.2533°N 104.4372°E / 52.2533; 104.4372
Aircraft
Aircraft typeTupolev Tu-104B
OperatorAeroflot
RegistrationСССР-42492
Flight originBeijing Capital International Airport, China
StopoverIrkutsk, USSR
DestinationSheremetyevo Airport, Moscow USSR
Passengers27
Crew8
Fatalities33
Survivors2

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.