What the records say
- When
- 6 Jul 1982
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 56.03° N, 37.26° E
- Description
- aviation accident
- Deaths
- 90
Aeroflot Flight 411
1982 aviation accident
Aeroflot Flight 411 was a scheduled flight from Sheremetyevo Airport in Moscow, Soviet Union, to Freetown, Sierra Leone, with a stopover at Dakar-Yoff International Airport in Dakar, Senegal. On 6 July 1982, the Ilyushin Il-62 flying this route crashed and was destroyed by fire after two engines were shut down shortly after take-off. All 90 passengers and crew on board died as a result of the accident.
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