| - | 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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