ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 326769
| Date: | Wednesday 27 May 1987 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Antonov An-2R |
| Owner/operator: | Aeroflot / Latvia |
| Registration: | CCCP-70501 |
| MSN: | 1G144-12 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1973 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | off Visby -
 Sweden
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Illegal Flight |
| Departure airport: | Saldus |
The pilot stole an An-2 and fled to Sweden. He ditched the aircraft and swam to the shore of Gotland Island where he requested political asylum.
The Antonov is now on display at the Gotlands Försvarsmuseum.
Sources:
Soviet Transports
BAAA-ACRO
PZC 29-5-1987
Images:
photo (c) Gotlands Försvarsmuseum; Gotlands Försvarsmuseum; 2016; (CC:by-nc-sa)
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