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All 18 people on board were killed (including ministers of the interior of Poland and Czechoslovakia). [45] [46] 30 April 1973 A South Yemen Air Force aircraft, probably an An-24, crashed in Yemen, killing all 25 on board. The aircraft type has not been confirmed, with possible types being an An-24, An-12, or a Yemenia Douglas DC-3. [47] 14 May ...
Aeroflot Flight 1661 was a passenger flight operated by an Antonov An-24 that crashed during its initial climb, 25 minutes after take-off from Tolmachevo Airport on 1 April 1970. All 45 people on board perished. An investigation revealed that the Antonov collided with a radiosonde, causing a loss of control.
All 11 people on board were killed. Preliminary reports indicate the pilots reported a fuel leak and an engine fire to air traffic controllers, but did not manage to return to the airport. The aircraft then crashed in a wooded area. The aircraft involved, RA-11125, was the oldest aircraft in the Russian commercial air fleet. [133]
Editor's note: This page reflects news of the plane crash near DC on Thursday, Jan. 30. For the latest updates on victim recovery efforts, please read USA TODAY's live coverage of the plane crash ...
Large sections of the plane plunged into the icy Potomac River following the crash, where it was later found in three pieces. Petty Officer 1st Class Brandon Giles/U S Coast Guard/UPI/Shutterstock
More of the wreckage of an American Airlines regional plane was recovered Tuesday from last week's deadly midair collision over Washington, D.C., that sent the airliner and an Army Black Hawk ...
The plane was flying from Tashkent to Navoiy with 4 crew members and 59 passengers. On approach, the crew did not follow the landing pattern and gave false information to the controller, stating that they were following the controller's orders. As a result, the aircraft was at an altitude of 3,000 meters when it was 19 kilometers from the runway.
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian-born ice skating coaches and former world champions Yevgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were on board the American Airlines plane that crashed into the Potomac River in ...