What the records say
- When
- 26 Sep 1960
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 56.00° N, 37.10° E
- Description
- 1960 aviation accident
- Deaths
- 31
- Injured
- 6
Austrian Airlines Flight 901
1960 aviation accident
Austrian Airlines Flight 901 was a flight from Vienna, Austria to Moscow, USSR via Warsaw, Poland. On the night of 26 September 1960, the aircraft operating the flight, a Vickers Viscount, crashed near Moscow while on its approach to land, killing 31 of the 37 passengers and crew on board.
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