Accident description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 21 NOV 1947 |
| Time: | 18:00 |
| Type: | Lisunov Li-2P |
| Operator: | Transporturile Aeriene Romano-Sovietice - TARS |
| Registration: | YR-TAI |
| C/n / msn: | 18423509 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 21 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 13 / Occupants: 26 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Plouznice, Lomnice nad Popelkou (Czech Republic)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Bucharest-Baneasa Airport (BBU/LRBS), Romania |
| Praha-Ruzyne International Airport (PRG/LKPR), Czech Republic |
The crew became lost and after radio failure. The airplane descended until it struck trees and crashed.
Events:
Sources:
» Soviet Transports
» Nehody dopravních letadel v Ceskoslovensku, díl 2
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Bucharest-Baneasa Airport to Praha-Ruzyne International Airport as the crow flies is 1079 km (674 miles).
Distance from Bucharest-Baneasa Airport to Praha-Ruzyne International Airport as the crow flies is 1079 km (674 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
