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Aeroflot Flight 5003

77Fatalities
21Survivors
98On board

Accident details

What happened

An Ilyushin Il-18 operating a domestic flight in the western Soviet Union, crashes due to pilot error after a missed approach to Mineralnye Vody Airport, killing 77 of the 98 people on board.

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