Tupolev TU-134 crash, Jul 17, 1972, Ikshinskoye Reservoir...

Tupolev TU-134 accident on July 17, 1972 near Ikshinskoye Reservoir Moscow oblast, Russia with no fatalities.

A GosNII GA Tupolev Tu134 test aircraft lost both engines on approach to Moscow while the crew was running an electrical endurance test. The captain ditched in the Ikshinskoye Reservoir, and the aircraft partly sank before it was recovered. All five crew escaped without injury, but the airframe was written off.

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