Abakan - Kyzyl

On March 7, 1965 at 07:45 AM, Abakan - Kyzyl experienced a crash involving Lisunov LI-2, operated by Aeroflot - Russian International Airlines, with the event recorded near Aradan Krasnoyarsk Krai.

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

31 people were known to be on board, 31 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 27, passenger fatalities: 27, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. While in cruising altitude over a mountainous area, the airplane just past over a pass when it encountered severe turbulences and downdrafts. Elements of the left wing tip and the tail were sheared off and the airplane went out of control, plunged into the earth and crashed in a wooded area located on the slope of mountain at an altitude of 1,760 meters. The wreckage was found few hours later 80 meters below the summit and all 31 occupants were killed. Up to date, this was the worst accident involving a LI-2.

Aircraft reference details include registration CCCP-54971, MSN 2 34 428 10, year of manufacture 1952.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 52.5745°, 93.4426°.