Tupolev TU-104 crash, Jul 25, 1971 (97 killed), Irkutsk-I...
Tupolev TU-104 accident on July 25, 1971 near Irkutsk-Intl Irkutsk oblast, Russia with 97 fatalities.
- Date: July 25, 1971
- Aircraft: Tupolev TU-104
- Location: Irkutsk-Intl Irkutsk oblast, Russia
- Fatalities: 97
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
Aeroflot flight SU1912 from Odesa to Vladivostok, flown by a Tupolev Tu 104B, approached Irkutsk in low cloud and rain. It touched down hard well past the threshold at too low an approach speed, lost its left wing and burned about 500 m from the runway, killing 97 people.