Narrative:
The An-2 was to take part in the Third Soviet Antarctic Expedition (KAE). It sank in a snow storm after being unloaded from M/V "Ob'" near Mirny Ice Station in Antarctica.
» Dmitri Yertsov
| Status: | |
| Date: | Thursday 24 April 1958 |
| Type: |  Antonov An-2T |
| Operator: | GUSMP, Directorate of Polar Aviation |
| Registration: | CCCP-N640 |
| MSN: | 1 68 473 20 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Mirny Ice Station ( Antarctica)
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| Phase: | Standing (STD) |
| Nature: | - |
| Departure airport: | - |
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The An-2 was to take part in the Third Soviet Antarctic Expedition (KAE). It sank in a snow storm after being unloaded from M/V "Ob'" near Mirny Ice Station in Antarctica.
Classification:
Damaged on the ground
Sources:
» Soviet Transports» Dmitri Yertsov
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