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Aeroflot Flight 012

13 Jul 1963 · Near Irkutsk Airport, Irkutsk, USSR

Tupolev Tu-104B · Controlled flight into terrain

From Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) to Sheremetyevo International Airport (SVO)

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Event

Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
Accident
Event fatalities
33 · all aircraft and ground
Ground fatalities
Unknown
Occupants
Unknown
Survivors
2
InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
Unknown
OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
Airline

Tupolev Tu-104B

Aircraft type
Tupolev TU-104
Category
Airplane · from aircraft type
RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
CCCP-42492
Operator
Aeroflot
Onboard fatalities
33
Route
From Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK)To Sheremetyevo International Airport (SVO)

Approximate · Coordinates from the Wikipedia article; not checked against an investigation report.

From the Wikipedia article

Aeroflot Flight 012 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Being Capital International Airport in Beijing, China, to Sheremetyevo Airport in Moscow, Soviet Union, with a stopover at Irkutsk Airport in Irkutsk, Soviet Union. On Saturday, July 13, 1963, the Tupolev Tu-104 operatong this route crashed on landing at the scheduled stopover in Irkutsk. 33 of the 35 people on board were killed in the crash.

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Wikipedia article: Aeroflot Flight 012
Article
Aeroflot Flight 012
Revision
1368058846 · 2026-08-06 · retrieved 2026-09-18
Wikidata
Q16662545
Licence
Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
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Record
Wikipedia article "Aeroflot Flight 012" (page 60597816, revision 1368058846)
Date
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Place and country
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Map position
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Aircraft, operator and route
Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
Operation
flight number in the article title
Fatalities
Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities
Ground fatalities
not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
Summary
Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (1)
  • Wikipedia · Facts from the Wikipedia article's infobox and coordinates, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.