A 1973 aviation disaster in Kazakhstan remains one of the region's deadliest air accidents
The 1973 crash of Aeroflot Flight 6551 remains a tragic chapter in Kazakhstan's aviation history, claiming the lives of everyone on board during a routine flight over the steppe.
In May 1973, an Ilyushin Il-18 operating as Aeroflot Flight 6551 crashed near the city of Semey while en route from Novosibirsk to Tashkent. All 63 people on board perished when the aircraft suffered a catastrophic failure at high altitude. The investigation pointed to an uncontained fire in one of the engines that eventually led to a loss of control.
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