CCCP-61657
We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.
Safety history
- March 12, 1967Accident
While cruising at an altitude of 1,800 meters in snow showers, the crew informed ATC that the right engine caught fire. A minute later, the crew reported he was unable to extinguish the fire and elected to divert to Pokrovsk. While descending, the captain attempted an emergency landing when the airplane struck tree tops and crashed in flames in a snow covered forest located 35 km from Pokrovsk. Five passengers were rescued while 15 others occupants were killed. Probable cause (official findings