- 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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