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Aeroflot Flight 2230
Aeroflot Flight 2230 was a Soviet domestic passenger flight from Yekaterinburg (then Sverdlovsk) to Tashkent. On 16 November 1967, the Ilyushin Il-18 aircraft serving the flight crashed after takeoff, killing all 107 people aboard (including twelve children). At the time it was the deadliest aviation accident in the Russian SFSR and the worst accident involving the Il-18.
Aircraft.
The flight was serviced by an Ilyushin Il-18V turboprop airliner, manufactured on 25 March 1964 with a serial number 184007002. The aircraft made its
November 16
- American aircraft attack the shipyards at Haiphong, North Vietnam, for the first time.
- Aeroflot Flight 2230, an Ilyushin Il-18V (NATO reporting name "Coot") crashes shortly after takeoff from Yekaterinburg in the Soviet Union, killing all 107 people aboard.
- November 17 – American aircraft strike Bach Mai Airfield near Hanoi for the first time.
- November 20 – Trans World Airlines Flight 128, a Convair 880, crashes in Constance, Kentucky, while on approach to Greater Cincinnati Airport