Air disaster

Aeroflot Flight 601

24 Dec 1983 · 64.90° N, 45.72° E

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When
24 Dec 1983
Kind
Air disaster
Coordinates
64.90° N, 45.72° E
Description
plane crash
Deaths
44

Aeroflot Flight 601

1983 aviation accident

Aeroflot Flight 601 was a scheduled Soviet domestic passenger flight from Arkhangelsk to Leshukonskoye in the Russian SSR, operated by Aeroflot. The Antonov An-24RV that was involved crashed on 24 December 1983 during approach to Leshukonskoye. Forty-four people were killed; five survived the accident. Pilot error was cited as the cause of the accident.

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