Aeroflot Flight 5143
On July 10, 1985, Aeroflot Flight 5143. 200 people died.
- Date
- July 10, 1985
- Place
- —
- Operator
- Aeroflot
- Killed
- 200
- Position
- 42.157°N, 63.556°E
- Wikidata ID
- Q4055770
From Wikipedia
Aeroflot Flight 5143 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight between the Soviet cities of Karshi and Leningrad with a stopover in Ufa, operated by the Uzbek division of Aeroflot. On July 10, 1985, the Tupolev Tu-154 operating the flight crashed due to a high-altitude stall in the Kyzylkum Desert, near the city of Uchquduq. The crash resulted in the deaths of all 200 occupants onboard the flight, making it the deadliest accident in the Soviet Union and Uzbekistan, and the deadliest crash of a Tu-154.
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