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This Day in Aviation: "3 June 1973: While maneuvering at low altitude at the Paris Air Show, the first production Tupolev Tu-144S, CCCP-77102 ... broke apart in midair and crashed into a residential area."[1]The first production Tupolev Tu-144S, CCCP-77102, broke apart during its flying display at Le Bourget on 3 June 1973 and fell on Goussainville, killing all six crew and eight people on the ground.
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