Moscow – Kazan

On April 30, 1953 at 09:37 PM, Moscow – Kazan experienced a crash involving Ilyushin II-12, operated by Aeroflot - Russian International Airlines, with the event recorded near Kazan Republic of Tatarstan.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

23 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 22 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 4.3%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 18, passenger fatalities: 1, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is other causes. The aircraft departed Moscow-Vnukovo at 1911LT and continued under VFR at an altitude of 1,200 meters until Kazan. The crew obtained the permission to descent to Kazan and reduced his altitude to 600 and then 300 meters. During 3 to 4 minutes, the aircraft was flying along the Volga River at an altitude of 300 meters when the crew heard a noise and both engines lost power simultaneously. In the mean time, fire erupted from the exhaust pipe and the crew elected to activate the fire extinguisher system on both engines but without success. The captain reduced his altitude in an attempt to make an emergency landing on the Volga River. The airplane crash landed on the water and eventually came to rest near the bank. 22 occupants were able to evacuate the cabin while a passenger died from drowning. The aircraft sank to a depth of 18 meters.

Aircraft reference details include registration CCCP-L1777, MSN 9 301 31 14, year of manufacture 24.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 55.7946°, 49.1115°.