Ilyushin II-62 crash, Oct 13, 1972 (174 killed), Moscow S...

Ilyushin II-62 accident on October 13, 1972 near Moscow Sheremetyevo Moscow oblast, Russia with 174 fatalities.

An Ilyushin 62 on a charter from Paris to Moscow with a stop in Leningrad entered an uncontrolled descent in marginal weather on approach to Sheremetyevo. It struck trees near Krasnaya Polyana and all 174 people on board died.

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