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OJSC AeroflotRussian Airlines , commonly known as Aeroflot , is the flag carrier and largest airline of the Russian Federation, based on passengers carried per year...

Timeline of Events

1972

10.13.1972

An Aeroflot Ilyushin Il-62 crashed outside Moscow killing 176.

1979

8.17.1979

Two Soviet Aeroflot jetliners collide in mid-air over Ukraine, killing 156

1980

12.26.1980

Aeroflot puts the Ilyushin Il-86 into service.

1994

1.3.1994

An Aeroflot Tupolev TU-154 crashes and explodes after takeoff from Irkutsk, Russia, killing 125 people including one on the ground.