What the records say
- When
- 23 May 1991
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 59.80° N, 30.22° E
- Description
- aviation accident
- Deaths
- 15
- Injured
- 38
Aeroflot Flight 8556
1991 aviation accident in the Soviet Union
Aeroflot Flight 8556 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Sukhumi to Leningrad. It crashed 13 meters short of the runway on approach killing 13 passengers.
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