Air disaster

1981 Heiss Island Il-14 crash

12 Feb 1981 · 80.58° N, 57.68° E

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When
12 Feb 1981
Kind
Air disaster
Coordinates
80.58° N, 57.68° E
Description
1981 aviation accident
Deaths
2

1981 Heiss Island Il-14 crash

1981 aviation accident

The 1981 Heiss Island Il-14 crash was an aviation accident that occurred on 12 February 1981, when an Ilyushin Il-14 aircraft crashed on Heiss Island, part of the Franz Josef Land archipelago in the Soviet Union. The aircraft was operating a special flight carrying meteorological personnel and equipment. Two of the thirteen people on board were killed.

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