ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 334364
Date: | Monday 4 November 1957 |
Time: | |
Type: | Ilyushin Il-14P |
Owner/operator: | Romanian Government |
Registration: | YR-PCC |
MSN: | 146001010 |
Year of manufacture: | 1956 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 16 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Moskva-Vnukovo Airport (VKO) -
Russia
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | SF |
Departure airport: | Bucharest (unknown airport) |
Destination airport: | Moskva-Vnukovo Airport (VKO/UUWW) |
Narrative:The Romanian Government Il-14 struck treetops in fog and crashed while approaching Moscow-Vnukovo Airport (VKO). Three crew members and a passenger, former Romanian Foreign Minister Gregore Preoteasa, were killed.
The airplane carried a delegation of the Romanian state and party leadership, among them the future Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceaucescu.
Sources:
Soviet Transports The Deseret News - Nov 6, 1957 Location
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