Tupolev TU-124 crash, Dec 23, 1973 (17 killed), Vinniki L...
Tupolev TU-124 accident on December 23, 1973 near Vinniki Lviv Oblast, Ukraine with 17 fatalities.
- Date: December 23, 1973
- Aircraft: Tupolev TU-124
- Location: Vinniki Lviv Oblast, Ukraine
- Fatalities: 17
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
An Aeroflot Tu-124 climbing out of Lviv at night suffered a failure of its left engine that caught fire. The aircraft broke up over Vinniki and all 17 people on board were killed. Investigators traced the failure to a turbine blade that had not received the specified heat treatment.