| Status: | |
| Date: | Friday 21 November 1947 |
| Time: | 18:00 |
| Type: |  Lisunov Li-2P |
| Operator: | Transporturile Aeriene Romano-Sovietice - TARS |
| Registration: | YR-TAI |
| MSN: | 18423509 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 21 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 13 / Occupants: 26 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Plouznice, Lomnice nad Popelkou ( Czech Republic)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Bucharest-Baneasa Airport (BBU/LRBS), Romania |
| Praha-Ruzyne International Airport (PRG/LKPR), Czech Republic |
The crew became lost after a radio failure. The airplane descended until it struck trees and crashed.
Classification:
Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) - Ground
Sources:
» Soviet Transports» Nehody dopravních letadel v Ceskoslovensku, díl 2
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Distance from Bucharest-Baneasa Airport to Praha-Ruzyne International Airport as the crow flies is 1079 km (674 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
Distance from Bucharest-Baneasa Airport to Praha-Ruzyne International Airport as the crow flies is 1079 km (674 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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Lisunov Li-2
- ca 5000 built
- 158th loss
- 89th fatal accident
- 12th worst accident (at the time)
- 30th worst accident (currently)
Czech Republic- 2nd worst accident (at the time)
- 5th worst accident (currently)
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