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Aeroflot Flight 217

1972 in the Soviet UnionAccidents and incidents involving the Ilyushin Il-62Aeroflot accidents and incidentsAirliner accidents and incidents with an unknown causeAviation accidents and incidents in 1972
Aviation accidents and incidents in RussiaAviation accidents and incidents in the Soviet UnionOctober 1972 events in Europe
Ilyushin Il 62, Aeroflot AN0723959
Ilyushin Il 62, Aeroflot AN0723959

Aeroflot Flight 217 was a non-scheduled international passenger flight from Orly Airport in Paris to Sheremetyevo International Airport in Moscow, with a stopover at Shosseynaya Airport (now Pulkovo Airport) in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg). On 13 October 1972, the Ilyushin Il-62 airliner operating the flight crashed on approach to Sheremetyevo, with the loss of all 164 passengers and crew of 10. At the time, it was the world's deadliest civil aviation disaster, until it was surpassed by the Kano air disaster in 1973. As of 2023, this remains the second-deadliest accident involving an Il-62, after LOT Flight 5055, and the second-deadliest on Russian soil, after Aeroflot Flight 3352.

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Дмитровский городской округ



Moscow Oblast, Russia
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Ilyushin Il 62, Aeroflot AN0723959
Ilyushin Il 62, Aeroflot AN0723959
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