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A Russian Tupolev Tu-154 airliner (registration: RA-85185), flight number 612, en route from Anapa on the Black Sea in southern Russia to St. Petersburg, operated by Pulkovo Airlines, crashed over eastern Ukraine near the Russian border on August 22, 2006.
| File:1084849.jpg Pulkovo Tu-154 (RA-85185), Crashed on August 22, 2006 | |
| Occurrence | |
|---|---|
| Date | August 22, 2006 |
| Site | Donetsk, Ukraine |
| Aircraft type | Tu-154 |
| Operator | Pulkovo Airlines |
| Passengers | 160 |
| Crew | 10 |
"On Tuesday, at 15.39 [local time - 12:39 GMT], a Tu-154 airliner of the [St. Petersburg-based] Pulkovo Airlines ... sent a SOS signal and disappeared from radars," the source said. "Preliminary data suggests that the plane crashed 45 kilometers (30 miles) north of Donetsk."[1]