- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: March 05, 1963
Time: 1935
Location: Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
Operator: Aeroflot
Flight #: 191
Route: Krasnovodsk - Ashgabat
AC Type: Ilyushin IL-18V
Registration: CCCP-75765
cn / ln: 181003404
Aboard: 54   (passengers:43  crew:11)
Fatalities: 12   (passengers:4  crew:8)
Ground: 0
Summary: Crashed 200 m short of the runway threshold in a dust storm. The plane broke apart and caught fire. Crew error. Attempted to land below weather minimums.
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