Aeroflot Flight 5463 Crashes Near Almaty, 90 Killed, August 30, 1983
Aeroflot Flight 5463 crashes into Dolan Mountain while approaching Almaty International Airport in present-day Kazakhstan, killing all 90 people on board.
Date: August 30, 1983
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