<page_title> List of spaceflight-related accidents and incidents </page_title> <section_title> Fatalities caused by rocket explosions </section_title> <table> <cell> 1980-03-18 <col_header> Date </col_header> </cell> <cell> Plesetsk Cosmodrome, USSR <col_header> Place </col_header> </cell> <cell> 48 <col_header> Dead </col_header> </cell> <cell> Explosion while fueling up a Vostok-2M rocket <col_header> Description </col_header> </cell> </table>
On 18 March 1980, a Vostok-2M exploded during fueling at Plesetsk and 48 people were killed.