- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | April 24, 1948 |
Time: | 0930 |
Location: | Near Irkutsk Russia |
Operator: | Aeroflot |
Flight #: | ? |
Route: | Kirensk - Badaybo |
AC Type: | Lisnov Li-2 |
Registration: | CCCP-L4460 |
cn / ln: | 3704 |
Aboard: | 29 (passengers:25 crew:4) |
Fatalities: | 28 (passengers:24 crew:4) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | Crashed in an icy river, 20 miles from its destination. The flight crew who had been drinking the previous night, diverted from the correct route and had been flying at an altitude of about 300 ft. when they crashed. |
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