| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | December 13, 1959 |
| Time: | 0928 |
| Location: | Near Tashkent, Uzbekistan, USSR |
| Operator: | Aeroflot |
| Flight #: | ? |
| Route: | Kabul - Tashkent |
| AC Type: | Ilyushin IL-18 |
| Registration: | CCCP-91577 |
| cn / ln: | 147001416 |
| Aboard: | 29 (passengers:24 crew:5) |
| Fatalities: | 29 (passengers:24 crew:5) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | Crashed into a mountain while en route. Crew error. The crew deviated from prescribe route. The captain decided to continue under VFR in IMC conditions and at the time of the accident, the aircraft was about 40 to 50 km off course to the right of the intended route. |
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