The legendary Soviet liner IL-18 turned 60 years old.

4 July 1957, the Soviet passenger liner IL-18 made its first flight, thereby giving a powerful impetus to the development of civil aviation in the Soviet Union. During the entire production period, which lasted from 1958 to 1970 year, 564 aircraft of this model was built, and these turboprop aircraft continue to be quite actively used up to the present day.

Experts consider the Soviet turboprop aircraft to be a very successful project, however, it is important to take into account the fact that during the period from 1957 to 2010 year, 100 crashes involving this aircraft, in which 2352 person was killed, were recorded, however, it was established in the investigations that the majority The collapse was due to human factors or unfavorable weather conditions.