Airplane Crash - Lvov, Ukraine, Ussr 12/23/1973
Details of airplane crash/ shootdown - Lvov, Ukraine, USSR
Date | 12/23/1973 |
Location | Lvov, Ukraine, USSR |
Operator | Aeroflot |
Type | Tupolev TU-124 |
Registration | CCCP-45004 |
Cn/In | 350202 |
Aboard | 17 |
Fatalities | 17 |
Ground | 0 |
Summary | Crashed after takeoff. Engine failure. A defective turbine blade failed resulting in violent vibration of the engine and rupturing of a fuel line and causing an in-flight fire. |
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