| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | March 27, 1968 |
| Time: | 1031 |
| Location: | Near Moscow, Russia |
| Operator: | Military - Russian Air Force |
| Flight #: | ? |
| Route: | ? |
| AC Type: | MiG-15 UTI |
| Registration: | ? |
| cn / ln: | ? |
| Aboard: | 2 (passengers:0 crew:2) |
| Fatalities: | 2 (passengers:0 crew:2) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, 34, the first man in space, was killed along with his instructor, when the military fighter they were training in crashed approximately 30 miles east of Moscow. Some reports suggest the fighter jet flew into the wake turbulence of another aircraft. |
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