| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | January 03, 1965 |
| Time: | 2103 |
| Location: | Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan |
| Operator: | Aeroflot / Kazakhstan |
| Flight #: | 101 |
| Route: | Semipalatinsk - Alma-Ata |
| AC Type: | Ilyushin IL-18B |
| Registration: | CCCP-75685 |
| cn / ln: | 189001105 |
| Aboard: | 103 (passengers:95 crew:8) |
| Fatalities: | 64 (passengers:61 crew:3) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | During the approach the weather was below minima, but the crew was not aware of this. The plane deviated off course and the controller instructed the crew to execute a go-around but the captain continued the approach. The airplane struck the ground 75m short and to the right of the runway, crossed a ditch and struck trees. |
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