Date in year · 1978 · The 1970s
On October 23, 1978, aeroflot Flight 6515 crashes off Syvash, killing all 26 people aboard. The year's #1 song was "Shadow Dancing" by Andy Gibb. Antonio de Nigris, Mirka Federer, Anamaria Marinca would arrive in the same year.
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Featured · October 23, 1978
Aeroflot Flight 6515 was an scheduled flight operated by an Aeroflot Antonov An-24 that crashed on October 23, 1978, in Sivash Bay due to engine failure caused by icing and pilot error, resulting in the deaths of all 26 people on board.
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1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1978th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 978th year of the 2nd millennium, the 78th year of the 20th century, and the 9th year of the 1970s decade.
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1978 aviation accident in the Soviet Union
Aeroflot Flight 6515 was an scheduled flight operated by an Aeroflot Antonov An-24 that crashed on October 23, 1978, in Sivash Bay due to engine failure caused by icing and pilot error, resulting in the deaths of all 26 people on board.
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