Vladivostok Air Flight 352
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Vladivostok Air Flight 352 was a scheduled passenger flight from Yekaterinburg, Russia to Vladivostok via Irkutsk which, on 2001-07-04, lost control and crashed while approaching Irkutsk Airport. A total of 136 passengers and 9 flight crew members perished in the accident, making it the third deadliest aircraft crash over Russian territory to date[1].
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Date | July 4, 2001 |
Type | Pilot error |
Site | Budarovka, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia |
Passengers | 136 |
Crew | 9 |
Fatalities | 145 |
Survivors | 0 |
Aircraft type | Tupolev Tu-154M |
Operator | Vladivostok Air |
Tail number | RA-85845 |
[edit] References
- ^ Aviation Safety Network retrieved May 28, 2008