Dead head. As investigated, the largest terrorist attack in the history of the USSR MOSCOW, may 18 — RIA Novosti, Artem Novoseltsev. The wreckage with the symbols of “Aeroflot” and the human body, scattered for ten miles in a deserted area near Chita — 45 years ago, may 18, 1973, a terrorist detonated a bomb aboard the airliner Tu-104A. After several hours in the area of the disaster, which claimed the lives of 81 people, launched a massive search operation. However, the cause of the tragedy, the investigation was already known shortly before the death of the pilots reported to the ground on the attempted hijacking. On the bloodiest terrorist attack in Soviet history — in the material RIA Novosti. Who shot? On that day, the Tu-104A with the registration number of the USSR-42379 performed flight Moscow — Chelyabinsk — Novosibirsk — Irkutsk — Chita. On Board were 72 passengers
