Aeroflot Flight 1491
An Aeroflot Antonov An-10 similar to the accident aircraft | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 18 May 1972 |
| Summary | Structural failure, mid-air breakup |
| Site | Near Kharkiv Airport, Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR 49°54′56″N 36°39′02″E / 49.91556°N 36.65056°E |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Antonov An-10A |
| Operator | Aeroflot (Ukrainian UGA, Kharkiv JSC) |
| Registration | CCCP-11215 |
| Flight origin | Vnukovo Airport, Moscow |
| Destination | Kharkiv Airport, Kharkiv |
| Occupants | 122 |
| Passengers | 114 |
| Crew | 8 |
| Fatalities | 122 |
| Survivors | 0 |
Aeroflot Flight 1491 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Moscow-Vnukovo Airport to Kharkiv Airport in the USSR that crashed on 18 May 1972 while descending to land in Kharkiv, killing all 122 passengers and crew aboard the Antonov An-10.