events
August 26, 1969
Aeroflot Flight 1770 crashes while landing at Vnukovo International Airport, killing 16.
1969 Vnukovo Airport Il-18 crash
The 1969 Vnukovo Airport Il-18 crash was a plane crash at Vnukovo Airport on 26 August 1969. Of the 101 people on board, 16 were killed.
Vnukovo International Airport
Vnukovo, formally Vnukovo Andrei Tupolev International Airport, is a dual-runway international airport located in Vnukovo District, 28 km (17 mi) southwest of the centre of Moscow, Russia. It is one of the four major airports that serve Moscow, along with Domodedovo, Sheremetyevo, and Zhukovsky.
August 26
August 26 is the 238th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 127 days remain until the end of the year.