What the records say
- When
- 23 Dec 2002
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 33.21° N, 52.25° E
- Description
- aviation accident
- Deaths
- 44
Aeromist-Kharkiv Flight 2137
2002 aviation accident
On 23 December 2002, an Antonov An-140 crashed near Ardestan, Iran, killing everyone on board. The crash, with 44 fatalities, killed a number of Russian and Ukrainian aviation specialists.
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