- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: December 23, 1973
Time: 2208
Location: Lvov, Ukraine, USSR
Operator: Aeroflot
Flight #: ?
Route: Lviv - Kiev - Kuybyshev
AC Type: Tupolev TU-124
Registration: CCCP-45004
cn / ln: 350202
Aboard: 17   (passengers:11  crew:6)
Fatalities: 17   (passengers:11  crew:6)
Ground: 0
Summary: Crashed after takeoff. Engine failure. A defective turbine blade failed resulting in violent vibration of the engine and rupturing of a fuel line and causing an in-flight fire.
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