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Aeroflot Flight 3739, a Tupolev Tu-104, crashes during takeoff from Irkutsk Airport, killing 24.
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Aeroflot Flight 3739 (1976)
1976 plane crash during takeoff in Irkutsk, Russia
Aeroflot Flight 3739 was a regularly scheduled Russian domestic flight from Irkutsk to Pulkovo Airport in Saint Petersburg that crashed during takeoff from Irkutsk International Airport on 9 February 1976. Twenty-four of the 114 people on board died in the accident.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Tupolev Tu-104
Former Soviet airliner
The Tupolev Tu-104 is a medium-range, narrow-body, twin turbojet-powered Soviet airliner. It was the second to enter regular service, after the British de Havilland Comet and was the only jetliner operating in the world from 1956 to 1958, when the British jetliner was grounded…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
International Airport Irkutsk
International airport in Irkutsk, Russia
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