- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | August 24, 2004 |
Time: | 2256 |
Location: | Near Toula, Russia |
Operator: | Volga-Avia Express |
Flight #: | 1303 |
Route: | Moscow - Volograd |
AC Type: | Tupolev 134A-3 |
Registration: | RA-65080 |
cn / ln: | 60065 |
Aboard: | 41 (passengers:34 crew:7) |
Fatalities: | 41 (passengers:34 crew:7) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | The plane crashed 26 minutes after taking off from Moscow. Witnesses stated they saw the plane explode in midair before crashing. It crashed almost simultaneously with a Sibir Tupolov154 which crashed at 22:59. Detonation of an exposive device aboard. |
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