Accident | |
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Date | 15 February 1977 |
Summary | Stalled on approach due to pilot error |
Site | Near Mineralnye Vody, Stavropol Krai |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Ilyushin Il-18V |
Operator | Aeroflot |
Registration | CCCP-75520 |
Flight origin | Tashkent International Airport |
Stopover | Nukus Airport |
Destination | Mineralnye Vody Airport |
Occupants | 98 |
Passengers | 92 |
Crew | 6 |
Fatalities | 77 |
Survivors | 21 |
Aeroflot Flight 5003 (Russian: Рейс 5003 Аэрофлота Reys 5003 Aeroflota) was a scheduled passenger flight from Tashkent to Mineralnye Vody with a stopover in Nukus; the Ilyushin 18V operating the route on 15 February 1977 crashed near the district of Mineralnye Vody while climbing after a missed approach. Of the 98 people on board, 77 perished in the crash.[1][2]