Accident description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 23 DEC 1954 |
| Time: | 15:15 |
| Type: | Lisunov Li-2P |
| Operator: | Malev Hungarian Airlines |
| Registration: | HA-LIF |
| C/n / msn: | 18425604 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 28 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 33 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Polná (Czech Republic)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Budapest-Ferihegy Airport (BUD/LHBP), Hungary |
| Praha-Ruzyne International Airport (PRG/LKPR), Czech Republic |
Force landed due to icing. The left landing gear collapsed. The airplane was on a flight to Prague and Berlin. A Finnish woman sustained serious injuries in the accident.
Sources:
» E-mail Ivan Rado, 15-2-2007
» Soviet Transports
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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 Budapest-Ferihegy Airport to Praha-Ruzyne International Airport as the crow flies is 467 km (292 miles).
Distance from Budapest-Ferihegy Airport to Praha-Ruzyne International Airport as the crow flies is 467 km (292 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.
