Aeroflot Flight 217 crashes outside Moscow, killing 174.

Aeroflot Flight 217

1972 plane crash in Moscow, Russia

Aeroflot Flight 217 was a non-scheduled international passenger flight from Orly Airport in Paris to Sheremetyevo International Airport in Moscow, with a stopover at Shosseynaya Airport in Leningrad. On 13 October 1972, the Ilyushin Il-62 airliner operating the flight crashed on…