Air disaster

Aeroflot Flight 35

30 Apr 1953 · 52.42° N, 48.72° E

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When
30 Apr 1953
Kind
Air disaster
Coordinates
52.42° N, 48.72° E
Description
aviation accident
Deaths
1

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Aeroflot Flight 35

1953 aviation accident

Aeroflot Flight 35 was a domestic route from Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow to Severny Airport in Novosibirsk, with a stop at Kazan-2 Airport in Kazan. On 30 April 1953, the Ilyushin Il-12 flying this route suffered a bird strike, causing the engines to fail, of which then the crew decided to ditch in the Volga River in Kazan, saving all but one passenger on the flight.

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