- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | October 13, 1972 |
Time: | 2150 |
Location: | Near Moscow, USSR |
Operator: | Aeroflot |
Flight #: | 217 |
Route: | Leningrad - Moscow |
AC Type: | Ilyushin IL-62 |
Registration: | CCCP-86671 |
cn / ln: | 70301 |
Aboard: | 174 (passengers:164 crew:10) |
Fatalities: | 174 (passengers:164 crew:10) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | The aircraft crashed at the outer marker while attempting to land for the third time in poor weather conditions. Sudden incapacitation of the crew for reasons unknown. Contributing to the accident, the airport's instrument landing system was not working. |
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