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Aeroflot Flight 6502 crashed on approach to Kurumoch Airport in Samara (then Kuibyshev in the Soviet Union), killing 70 people on board.
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Aeroflot Flight 6502
1986 Tu-134 crash in Samara
Aeroflot Flight 6502 was a Soviet domestic passenger flight operated by a Tupolev Tu-134A from Sverdlovsk to Grozny via Kuibyshev, which crashed in Kuibyshev on 20 October 1986. Seventy of the 94 passengers and crew on board were killed when the plane overran the runway, after…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Kurumoch International Airport
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Kurumoch International Airport is the international airport serving the city of Samara, Russia, located 35 km (22 mi) north of the city. Besides Samara, the airport serves Tolyatti – the second largest city in the region. The name of the airport originated from the closest…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Samara
City in Samara Oblast, Russia
Samara, formerly known as Kuybyshev (1935–1991), is the largest city and administrative centre of Samara Oblast in Russia. The city is located at the confluence of the Volga and the Samara rivers, with a population of over 1.14 million residents, up to 1.22 million residents in…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)