- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | August 17, 1960 |
Time: | 1558 |
Location: | Near Kiev, Ukraine |
Operator: | Aeroflot |
Flight #: | 36 |
Route: | Cairo - Moscow |
AC Type: | Ilyushin IL-18B |
Registration: | CCCP-75705 |
cn / ln: | 189001702 |
Aboard: | 34 (passengers:27 crew:7) |
Fatalities: | 34 (passengers:27 crew:7) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | While en route the No. 4.engine caught fire. The fire extinguishing system was ineffective and the fire spread to the wing after which the fuel tanks exploded and the plane crashed. |
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