Air disaster

Aeroflot Flight 498

14 Jun 1981 · 53.62° N, 108.73° E

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When
14 Jun 1981
Kind
Air disaster
Coordinates
53.62° N, 108.73° E
Description
aviation accident
Deaths
48

Aeroflot Flight 498

1981 aviation accident

Aeroflot Flight 498 was a domestic passenger flight from Severomuysk to Baikal International Airport in Ulan-Ude, with a stopover at Nizhneangarsk Airport in Nizhneangarsk. On 14 June 1981, the Ilyushin Il-14 operating this route crashed near Lake Baikal en route to its planned stopover in Nizhneangarsk. All 44 passengers and 4 crew members on board were killed, and the aircraft was destroyed.

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