- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: May 04, 1972
Time: 2334
Location: Bratsk, USSR
Operator: Aeroflot
Flight #: 608
Route: Irkutsk - Bratsk
AC Type: Yakovlev YAK-40
Registration: CCCP-87778
cn / ln: 9040314
Aboard: 18   (passengers:14  crew:4)
Fatalities: 18   (passengers:14  crew:4)
Ground: 0
Summary: Crashed on approach. The plane entered an area of severe wind. Windshear. ATC error. Current weather was not passed on to the plane.
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