ASN Aircraft accident Tupolev Tu-124 CCCP-45012 Dnepropetrovsk
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Date:Wednesday 2 September 1970
Time:15:37
Type:Silhouette image of generic t124 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Tupolev Tu-124
Operator:Aeroflot / Lithuania
Registration: CCCP-45012
MSN: 1 35 04 02
First flight: 1961
Crew:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Passengers:Fatalities: 32 / Occupants: 32
Total:Fatalities: 37 / Occupants: 37
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:near Dnepropetrovsk (   Ukraine)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Rostov Airport (ROV/URRR), Russia
Destination airport:Vilnius Airport (VNO/EYVI), Lithuania
Flightnumber:3630
Narrative:
The Tu-124 jet took off from Rostov-na-Donu (ROV) at 14:55. The airplane climbed to 9000 m and reported over Dnepropetrovsk at 15:31.Shortly afterward the airplane lost control and crashed.

Classification:
Loss of control

Sources:
» airdisaster.ru
» Soviet Transports
» World Directory of Airliner Crashes


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Distance from Rostov Airport to Vilnius Airport as the crow flies is 1294 km (809 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.

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