Historical Events tagged with "absheron peninsula"
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Accidents & Tragedies
Aeroflot Flight 2723 Crashes into Caspian Sea
April 23rd, 1966 58 years ago
Aeroflot Flight 2723, a Soviet passenger plane, crashed into the Caspian Sea off the Absheron Peninsula during a routine flight. The aircraft was on a domestic route to Baku with 33 people on board, including crew and passengers, when it encountered difficulties and went down. Despite search and rescue efforts, none on board survived, marking it as one of the significant air disasters of the time.
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