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Aeroflot Flight 601 crashed on approach to Leshukonskoye in the Russian SSR, killing 44 out of 49 people on board.
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Aeroflot Flight 601
1983 aviation accident
Aeroflot Flight 601 was a scheduled Soviet domestic passenger flight from Arkhangelsk to Leshukonskoye in the Russian SSR, operated by Aeroflot. The Antonov An-24RV that was involved crashed on 24 December 1983 during approach to Leshukonskoye. Forty-four people were killed;…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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Leshukonskoye
Selo in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia
Leshukonskoye is a rural locality and the administrative center of Leshukonsky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Vashka River. It also serves as the administrative center of Leshukonsky Selsoviet, one of the seven selsoviets into which the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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