Ilyushin Il-62 Timeline of Events

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Ilyushin Il-62

The Ilyushin Il-62 is a Soviet long-range jet airliner conceived in 1960 by Ilyushin. As successor to the popular turbo-prop Il-18 and with capacity for almost 200 passengers, the Il-62 was the largest jet airliner when it first flew in 1963. It entered Aeroflot service on 15 September 1967 with an inaugural passenger flight from Moscow to Montreal...

Timeline of Events

1972

8.14.1972

An East German Ilyushin Il-62 crashes during takeoff from East Berlin, killing 156.

10.13.1972

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

1983

7.1.1983

A North Korean Ilyushin Il-62M jet en route to Conakry Airport in Guinea crashes into the Fouta Djallon mountains in Guinea-Bissau, killing all 23 people on board.

1987

5.9.1987

A Polish LOT Ilyushin IL-62M "Tadeusz Kościuszko" (SP-LBG) crashes after takeoff in Warsaw, Poland, killing 183 people.