1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash
A Li-2 similar to the accident aircraft
Accident
Date5 January 1950
SummaryLanding failure
SiteKoltsovo Airport, Sverdlovsk, USSR
Aircraft
Aircraft typeLisunov Li-2 (license-built DC-3)
OperatorSoviet Air Force transport
Registration42 red[1]
Flight originVnukovo Airport, Moscow, USSR
DestinationChelyabinsk Airport, Chelyabinsk
Passengers13
Crew6
Fatalities19
Injuries0
Survivors0

The Sverdlovsk plane crash of 5 January 1950 killed all 19 persons on board, including almost the entire ice hockey team (VVS Moscow) of the Soviet Air Forces – 11 players, as well as a team doctor and a masseur. The team was on board a twin-engined Lisunov Li-2 transport aircraft, a licensed Soviet-built version of the DC-3, heading to a match against Dzerzhinets Chelyabinsk. Due to poor weather at Chelyabinsk, the flight diverted to Sverdlovsk. The crew attempted four approaches but during the fifth approach to Koltsovo Airport the aircraft crashed near the airport in a heavy snowstorm with strong winds.[2]

Among those killed in the crash was goalkeeper Harijs Mellups.

See also

References

  1. Accident description for 42 red at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 8 October 2013.
  2. "Athletes – Famous Olympic Athletes, Medalists, Sports Heroes". 9 May 2017.

56°50′16″N 60°35′49″E / 56.837814°N 60.596842°E / 56.837814; 60.596842

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