Two crewmembers lost their lives in the Yegoryevsk accident of May 23, 1978.
Serve this page as a tribute to their memory.
| Crew of Tu-144D (CCCP-77111) | |
 O.A. Nikolaev Flight Engineer |
 V.L. Venediktov Flight Engineer |
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Their dedication, together with that of all the test-pilots of Russia, is honoured in the Memorial of Verifiers
in Akhtubinsk, where a huge “Wing of Icarus” made in steel, will remember them forever.
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