Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801 Crashes in Spitsbergen, 141 Killed, August 29, 1996
Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801, a Tupolev Tu-154, crashes into a mountain on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen, killing all 141 aboard.
Date: August 29, 1996
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