Accident | |
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Date | 17 March 1979 |
Summary | Crashed while attempting to return to airport |
Site | Near Vnukovo Airport, Moscow, Soviet Union 53°36′2″N 37°18′32″E / 53.60056°N 37.30889°E |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Tupolev Tu-104B |
Operator | Aeroflot-Ukraine |
Registration | СССР-42444 |
Flight origin | Moscow Vnukovo International Airport |
Destination | Odessa Central Airport |
Occupants | 119 |
Passengers | 113 |
Crew | 6 |
Fatalities | 58 (57 passengers, 1 crew) |
Survivors | 61 |
Aeroflot Flight 1691 crashed near Moscow Vnukovo Airport on 17 March 1979 killing 58 of the 119 people on board. The Tupolev Tu-104B operating the flight was overloaded and the crew received a false fire alarm.[1]