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1971 January 31 Surgut Aeroflot Antonov An 12 crash

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Passengers
  
1

Survivors
  
0

Date
  
31 January 1971

Total fatalities
  
7 (all)

Crew
  
6

Aircraft type
  
Antonov An-12B

Operator
  
Aeroflot

Survivor
  
0

1971 January 31 Surgut Aeroflot Antonov An-12 crash

Summary
  
Loss of control due to icing

Site
  
Surgut, RSFSR, Soviet Union

Destination
  
Surgut International Airport

Locations
  
Soviet Union, Surgut, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic

Similar
  
1971 January 22 Surgut Ae, Aviogenex Flight 130, Alaska Airlines Flight 1866, Paninternational Flight 112, 1971 Colorado Aviation

The 1971 January 31 Surgut Aeroflot Antonov An-12 crash occurred on 31 January 1971, when an Aeroflot Antonov An-12B, registered CCCP-12996, flying from Roshchino International Airport, Tyumen, in the Soviet Union's Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic (RSFSR), crashed 13.6 km (8.5 mi) short of the runway on approach to Surgut International Airport, Surgut, RSFSR. An investigation found the aircraft's loss of control was caused by icing.

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1971 January 31 Surgut Aeroflot Antonov An-12 crash Wikipedia