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Aeroflot Flight 8556
1991 aviation accident / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Aeroflot Flight 8556 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Sukhumi to Leningrad. It crashed 13 meters short of the runway on approach killing 13 passengers.[1][2]
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![]() CCCP-85097, The aircraft involved in the accident, seen in Helsinki Airport in 1985 | |
Accident | |
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Date | 23 May 1991 (1991-05-23) |
Summary | Struck the ground short of the runway, pilot error |
Site | Leningrad-Pulkovo Airport, Leningrad, Russian SSR, Soviet Union |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Tupolev Tu-154B-1 |
Operator | Aeroflot |
Registration | CCCP-85097 |
Flight origin | Sukhumi-Babusheri Airport, Georgian SSR |
Destination | Leningrad-Pulkovo Airport, Russian SSR |
Occupants | 181 |
Passengers | 174 |
Crew | 7 |
Fatalities | 13 |
Injuries | 37 |
Survivors | 168 |
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