Ilyushin II-18 crash, May 11, 1973 (63 killed), Semipalat...
Ilyushin II-18 accident on May 11, 1973 near Semipalatinsk Pavlodar, Kazakhstan with 63 fatalities.
- Date: May 11, 1973
- Aircraft: Ilyushin II-18
- Location: Semipalatinsk Pavlodar, Kazakhstan
- Fatalities: 63
- Phase of flight: En route
Aeroflot Flight 6551, an Il-18B on a scheduled service from Baku to Novosibirsk with a stop in Tashkent, broke up in the air and crashed in a steppe south of Semipalatinsk. All 63 people on board were killed. The cause could not be fully determined.