Historical Events tagged with "mazyr"

Turns out history loves a label—battles, breakthroughs, and the occasional disaster, all neatly tagged for your browsing pleasure. Because sometimes you just need every weird invention in one place.

Accidents & Tragedies

Aeroflot Flight 8641 Crash in Belarus

June 28th, 1982 42 years ago

Aeroflot Flight 8641, a Soviet passenger aircraft, crashed in Mazyr, Belarus, due to cloud cover and pilot error. The plane, a Tupolev Tu-154, was en route from Tbilisi to Minsk when it approached Mazyr Airport. It struck the runway at high speed and failed to execute a proper landing, resulting in a catastrophic crash that killed all 132 individuals on board, making it one of the deadliest air disasters in Soviet history.

Continue Reading