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Aeroflot Flight 036 crashes in Soviet Ukraine, killing 34.
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Aeroflot Flight 036
1960 aviation accident
Aeroflot Flight 036 was a regularly scheduled passenger flight operated by Aeroflot from Cairo International Airport to Bykovo Airport. On 17 August 1960, the Ilyushin Il-18 operating this flight crashed after an engine fire. All 27 passengers and seven crew members were killed.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
Soviet republic from 1919 to 1991
The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, abbreviated as the Ukrainian SSR, UkrSSR, and also known as Soviet Ukraine or just Ukraine, was one of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union from 1922 until 1991. Under the Soviet one-party model, the Ukrainian SSR was governed by…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
August 17
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