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Aeroflot Flight 512
Accident
DateJuly 30, 1973 (1973-07-30)
SummaryRunway overrun
Site10km away from Amman International Airport
Total fatalities7
Aircraft
Aircraft typeTupolev Tu-134A
OperatorAeroflot
RegistrationCCCP-65668
Flight originAmman
1st stopoverBeirut
Last stopoverYerevan
DestinationMoscow
Occupants85
Passengers78
Crew7
Fatalities2
Injuries0
Survivors83
Ground casualties
Ground fatalities7
Ground injuries0

Aeroflot Flight 512 was a scheduled passenger flight within the AmmanBeirutYerevanMoscow route, which on June 30, 1973, SU512, operated by a Tupolev Tu-134, crashed as it overran the runway in Amman, killing 9 people; both on the flight (2 crew members) and 7 people on the ground.

It was notably seen to be the 3rd deadliest crash of a Tupolev Tu-134 at the time (1973).

Aircraft

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SU512 was operated by a Tupolev Tu-134A, with the serial number 1351306 and was registered CCCP-65668. It was manufactured in 1971 in the USSR for Aeroflot, which had logged 2822 hours within 2 years of service.

After the crash, the aircraft was written off, as it was entirely destroyed.

Crew

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SU512’s Tu-134 was had the crew of Russian nationalists onboard the flight.[1]

There were also two cabin crew, Gegamyan Grant Grigorievich, one of the victims, and Manucharova Svetlana Avakovna.[1]

Accident

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Investigation

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Катастрофа Ту-134А Армянского УГА в а/п Амман (борт СССР-65668), 30 июня 1973 года. // AirDisaster.ru - авиационные происшествия, инциденты и авиакатастрофы в СССР и России - факты, история, статистика". web.archive.org. 2011-10-11. Retrieved 2024-10-09.
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