- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | December 17, 1961 |
Time: | 1600 |
Location: | Near Chebotovka, Russia |
Operator: | Aeroflot |
Flight #: | 245 |
Route: | Moscow - Adler |
AC Type: | Ilyushin IL-18B |
Registration: | CCCP-75654 |
cn / ln: | 188000503 |
Aboard: | 59 (passengers:50 crew:9) |
Fatalities: | 59 (passengers:50 crew:9) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | The plane made an unconcrolled dive and crashed into a snow covered field. The flight engineer inadvertently caused the flaps to be selected to 40 degrees. |
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