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Baikal Airlines Flight 130 crashes near Mamoney, Irkutsk, Russia, resulting in 125 deaths.

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Baikal Airlines Flight 130

1994 aviation accident

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…
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Mamony, Irkutsk Oblast

Place in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia

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.
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Irkutsk

City in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia

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…
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January 3

Day of the year

January 3 is the third day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 362 days remain until the end of the year.
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