Aeroflot Flight 191
An Aeroflot Ilyushin Il-18, similar to the one involved in the crash | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 5 March 1963 |
| Summary | Dust storm, crashed short of runway |
| Site | Ashkhabad International Airport |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Ilyushin Il-18V |
| Operator | Aeroflot |
| Registration | CCCP-75765 |
| Flight origin | Vnukovo Airport, Moscow |
| Stopover | Krasnovodsk Airport, Krasnovodsk |
| Destination | Ashgabat International Airport, Ashgabat |
| Passengers | 43 |
| Crew | 11 |
| Fatalities | 12 |
| Survivors | 42 |
Aeroflot Flight 191 was a Soviet domestic passenger flight from Vnukovo International Airport to Ashkhabad (now Ashgabat) International Airport, with a stopover in Krasnovodsk Airport (now Turkmenbashi International Airport). On 5 March 1963, the Ilyushin Il-18 crashed while landing at Ashgabat International Airport as a result of a dust storm. 12 of the 54 people on board were killed.