Ilyushin II-18 crash, Mar 6, 1976 (111 killed), Verkhnyay...

Ilyushin II-18 accident on March 6, 1976 near Verkhnyaya Khava Voronezh oblast, Russia with 111 fatalities.

An Aeroflot Il-18 on a night scheduled flight from Moscow to Yerevan lost its electrical system at 7,800 metres. The failure knocked out several instruments including the gyros, control was lost, and the aircraft dived into an open field near Verkhnyaya Khava, Voronezh Oblast, killing all 111 aboard.

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