Baikal Airlines Flight 130 crashes near Mamoney, Irkutsk, Russia, resulting in 125 deaths.
Baikal Airlines Flight 130
Baikal Airlines Flight 130 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Irkutsk to Moscow operated by a Baikal Airlines Tupolev Tu-154 that crashed onto a dairy farm on 3 January 1994 in Mamony whilst the pilots were trying to return to the airport following a mid-air emergency. All 124 people on board were killed. Another one person was killed on the ground.
Mamony, Irkutsk Oblast
Mamony is a village located in Irkutsky District, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. The administrative center of the Mamony municipality, Mamony is located approximately 7 kilometres west of Irkutsk.
Irkutsk
Irkutsk is the largest city and administrative center of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. With a population of 587,891 as of the 2010 Census, Irkutsk is the 25th-largest city in Russia by population, the fifth-largest in the Siberian Federal District, and one of the largest cities in Siberia.
January 3
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