What the records say
- When
- 7 Oct 1978
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 57.72° N, 61.07° E
- Description
- aviation accident
- Deaths
- 38
Placed at the middle of the 2 places Wikidata lists.
Aeroflot Flight 1080
1978 aviation accident
Aeroflot Flight 1080 was a Soviet domestic passenger flight from Sverdlovsk, Russia, to Dzhambul, Kazakhstan, that crashed at night shortly after takeoff on 7 October 1978. All 38 passengers and crew were killed in the crash which occurred when one of the engines failed due to icing during initial climb out.
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