Status: | |
Date: | Wednesday 2 September 1970 |
Time: | 15:37 |
Type: | 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)
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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:
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does
not display the exact flight path.
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.
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.