Moscow - Keflavik - Halifax - Lima

On July 18, 1970 at 05:00 PM, Moscow - Keflavik - Halifax - Lima experienced a crash involving Antonov AN-22, operated by Soviet Air Force - Voyenno-vozdushnye sily CCCP, with the event recorded near Atlantic Ocean All World.

The flight was categorized as humanitarian and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

23 people were known to be on board, 23 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 8, crew fatalities: 8, passengers on board: 15, passenger fatalities: 15, other fatalities: 0.

The aircraft was engaged in a humanitarian flight from Moscow to Lima, Peru, carrying 15 passengers, a crew of eight and various goods in favor of the victims of the recent earthquake. About 47 minutes after takeoff from Keflavik Airport, radio and radar contact were lost with the aircraft that crashed in unknown circumstances into the North Atlantic Ocean. SAR operations were conducted jointly by Canadian, American, Iceland and Soviet Authorities but not trace of the aircraft nor the 23 occupants was found. All SAR operations were suspended after a month.

Aircraft reference details include registration CCCP-09303, MSN 9340207, year of manufacture 1970.