Aeroflot Flight 065

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Aeroflot Flight 065
Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-114 JAL livery APM.jpg
An Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-114, similar to the aircraft involved
Accident
Date17 February 1966 (1966-02-17)
SummaryCrew and ATC errors
Site Sheremetyevo International Airport
55°58′12″N37°23′16″E / 55.9699°N 37.3879°E / 55.9699; 37.3879
Aeroflot Flight 065
Aircraft
Aircraft type Tupolev Tu-114
OperatorAeroflot
Registration CCCP-76491
Flight origin Sheremetyevo International Airport, Moscow, Russian SSR
1st stopover Conakry International Airport, Conakry, Republic of Guinea
Last stopover Kotoka International Airport, Accra, Ghana
Destination Maya-Maya Airport, Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo
Occupants66
Passengers47
Crew19
Fatalities21
Survivors45
Sheremetyevo International Airport in July 2011 Sheremetyevo view.JPG
Sheremetyevo International Airport in July 2011

Aeroflot Flight 065 was a scheduled passenger flight operated by Aeroflot. On 17 February 1966, the Tupolev Tu-114 operated by the airline crashed during take-off from Sheremetyevo International Airport in Moscow, killing 21 of the 47 passengers and 19 crew members on board. [1]

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References

  1. ↑ Khodarenok, Mikhail (15 November 2017). "«Огромный самолет Хрущева прибыл в США»" [Khrushchev's enormous plane arrived in the United States]. Gazeta.Ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2 December 2025.
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