An Aeroflot Ilyushin 18V, similar to the one involved in the accident
Accident
Date
31 August 1972 (1972-08-31)
Summary
Onboard fire caused by onboard explosives
Site
In the Abzelilovsky District 53°35′59″N58°48′54″E / 53.59972°N 58.81500°E / 53.59972; 58.81500
Aircraft
Aircraft type
Ilyushin Il-18V
Operator
Aeroflot
Registration
CCCP-74298
Flight origin
Sary-Arka Airport
Destination
Domodedovo International Airport
Occupants
102
Passengers
93
Crew
9
Fatalities
102
Survivors
0
For the 1994 accident, see 1994 Sahara Airlines Boeing 737 crash.
Aeroflot Flight 558 (Russian: Рейс 558 АэрофлотаReys 558 Aeroflota) was a scheduled Ilyushin Il-18V domestic passenger flight from Karaganda to Moscow that crashed into a field in the Abzelilovsky District on 31 August 1972 as a result of a fire stemming from exploded passenger baggage, killing all 102 people on board.[1]
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