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Aeroflot Flight 8641 crashes in Mazyr, Belarus, killing 132 people.

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Aeroflot Flight 8641

1982 aviation accident

Aeroflot Flight 8641 was a Yakovlev Yak-42 airliner on a domestic scheduled passenger flight from Leningrad to Kiev. On 28 June 1982, the flight crashed south of Mazyr, Byelorussian SSR, killing all 132 people on board. The accident was both the first and deadliest crash of a…
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Mazyr

City in Gomel Region, Belarus

Mazyr or Mozyr is a city in Gomel Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Mazyr District. It is situated on the Pripyat River about 210 kilometres east of Pinsk and 100 kilometres northwest of Chernobyl in Ukraine. As of 2025, it has a population of 104,517.
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June 28

Day of the year

June 28 is the 179th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 186 days remain until the end of the year.
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