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Austrian Airlines Flight 901
The Vickers Viscount involved in the accident
Accident
Date26 September 1960
SummaryCrashed short of runway
Site11 km (6.8 mi) W of Sheremetyevo International Airport, Soviet Union
Aircraft
Aircraft typeVickers 837 Viscount
OperatorAustrian Airlines
RegistrationOE-LAF
Flight originVienna International Airport, Vienna, Austria
StopoverWarsaw Chopin Airport, Warsaw, Poland
DestinationSheremetyevo International Airport, Moscow
Passengers31
Crew6
Fatalities31
Survivors6

Austrian Airlines Flight 901 was a flight from Vienna, Austria to Moscow, USSR (now Russia) via Warsaw, Poland. On the night of 26 September 1960 the aircraft operating the flight, a Vickers Viscount, crashed near Moscow while on its approach to land, killing 31 of the 37 passengers and crew on board.

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