| Date: | Sunday 23 December 1973 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Tupolev Tu-124V |
| Owner/operator: | Aeroflot, Moscow Civil Aviation Directorate |
| Registration: | CCCP-45044 |
| MSN: | 3351104 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1963 |
| Engine model: | Soloviev D-20P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 17 / Occupants: 17 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Vinniki -
 Ukraine
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Lviv-Snilow Airport (LWO/UKLL) |
| Kiev-Borispol Airport (KBP/UKBB) |
Shortly after takeoff from Lvov, a defective turbine blade in the no. 1 engine failed, resulting in violent vibration of the affected engine rupturing a fuel line and causing an in-flight fire. The aircraft crashed.
Sources:
airdisaster.ru
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