- | 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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