Moscow – Irkutsk – Chita – Khabarovsk

On October 1, 1957 at 06:55 PM, Moscow – Irkutsk – Chita – Khabarovsk experienced a crash involving Ilyushin II-12, operated by Aeroflot - Russian International Airlines, with the event recorded near Aksha Zabaykalsky Krai.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

28 people were known to be on board, 27 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 96.4%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 5, passengers on board: 23, passenger fatalities: 22, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. While cruising by night on the leg from Irkutsk to Chita, the crew lost his orientation and requested ATC assistance, without success. The airplane deviated from the prescribed flight path to the south and due to fuel exhaustion, the crew was forced to make an emergency landing. Following three unsuccessful attempts, the captain elected a fourth landing attempt when, at an altitude of 900 meters, the airplane clip trees, continued for about 340 meters and eventually crashed in a dense wooded area. A passenger was seriously injured and later evacuated while all 27 other occupants were killed. The aircraft was totally destroyed.

Aircraft reference details include registration CCCP-L1389, MSN 30 123, year of manufacture 21.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 50.2808°, 113.2851°.