Aeroflot Flight 558 Crashes in Bashkortostan, 102 Killed, August 31, 1972
Aeroflot Flight 558 crashes in the Abzelilovsky District in Bashkortostan, Russia (then the Soviet Union), killing all 102 people aboard.
Date: August 31, 1972
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