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Aeroflot Flight 012 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Beijing, China to Moscow, Soviet Union on Saturday, July 13, 1963, which crashed on landing at a scheduled stopover in Irkutsk. 33 of the 35 people on board died in the crash.

Aeroflot Flight 012
An Aeroflot Tu-104B similar to the one involved in the accident
Accident
Date13 July 1963 (1963-07-13)
SummaryControlled flight into terrain
Sitenear Irkutsk
52.2533°N 104.4372°E / 52.2533; 104.4372
Aircraft
Aircraft typeTupolev Tu-104B
OperatorAeroflot
RegistrationСССР-42492
Flight originBeijing Capital International Airport, China
StopoverIrkutsk, USSR
DestinationSheremetyevo Airport, Moscow USSR
Passengers27
Crew8
Fatalities33
Survivors2

Aircraft


The aircraft involved was a Tupolev Tu-104B, registration СССР-42492.[1][2]


Synopsis


The plane took off from Beijing around 2:49am Moscow time en route to Irkutsk at 9,000 meters. With low cloud cover over the Irkutsk airport, the crew received contradictory weather data about the low height of the cloud tops. The plane ended up descending too early. Upon exiting the cloud cover less than 60 meters from the ground, the pilots attempted to take evasive action but could not and the plane impacted terrain two miles short of the runway around 10am local time.[3][2]


Casualties


33 of the 35 people on board died in the crash, including all eight crew members and 25 passengers. Two passengers survived.[2] Among the dead were seven Albanians including the Albanian ambassador to China and poet Drago Siliqi, as well as three Chinese.[4] The remains of the Albanian and Chinese victims were taken to Beijing for a major public burial attended by Premier Zhou Enlai. In contrast, a United States aviation periodical noted the Soviet press "virtually ignored" the crash.[4]


References



На других языках


- [en] Aeroflot Flight 012

[ru] Катастрофа Ту-104 под Иркутском

Катастрофа Ту-104 под Иркутском — авиационная катастрофа, произошедшая в субботу 13 июля 1963 года, когда неподалёку от Иркутска при заходе на посадку потерпел крушение Ту-104Б компании Аэрофлот, в результате чего погибли 33 человека.



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