Air disaster

Aeroflot Flight 542

7 Mar 1965 · 52.92° N, 92.95° E

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When
7 Mar 1965
Kind
Air disaster
Coordinates
52.92° N, 92.95° E
Description
aviation accident

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Aeroflot Flight 542

1965 aviation accident

On 7 March 1965, an Aeroflot Lisunov Li-2 operating as Aeroflot Flight 542 crashed shortly after takeoff from Abakan. Approximately 40 minutes after departure, the aircraft banked left and dived into the mountains of the Krasnoyarsk Krai region of the USSR. All 31 passengers and crew died, making it the deadliest known accident involving the Li-2.

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