What the records say
- When
- 16 Mar 1961
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 56.77° N, 60.69° E
- Description
- aviation accident
- Deaths
- 7
Aeroflot Flight 068
1961 aviation accident in Russia
Aeroflot Flight 068 was a regularly scheduled passenger flight operated by Aeroflot from Khabarovsk to Saint Petersburg with intermediate stops at Novosibirsk, then Koltsovo Airport in Yekaterinburg. On 16 March 1961, following an engine failure shortly after takeoff from Koltsovo Airport, the Tupolev Tu-104B operating this flight made an emergency landing on a frozen lake.
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