Accident description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
Status:
Date:28 OCT 1954
Type:Ilyushin 12
Operator:Aeroflot
Registration: CCCP-L1789
C/n / msn: 93013206
First flight:
Crew:Fatalities: / Occupants:
Passengers:Fatalities: / Occupants:
Total:Fatalities: 20 / Occupants: 20
Airplane damage: Written off
Airplane fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:Mount Sivukha (Russia)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Irkutsk Airport (IKT/UIII), Russia
Destination airport:Krasnoyarsk Airport (KJA/UNKL), Russia
Narrative:
Flew into the side of Mount Sivukha. The airplane operated on a flight from Beijing to Moscow with several intermediate stops.

Events:

Sources:
» Soviet Transports
» Scramble 364

Photos
No Photo Available

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 Irkutsk Airport to Krasnoyarsk Airport as the crow flies is 879 km (549 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.
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