- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | July 27, 1953 |
Time: | 1230 |
Location: | Near Kanggye, North Korea |
Operator: | Aeroflot |
Flight #: | ? |
Route: | ? |
AC Type: | Ilyushin IL-12 |
Registration: | ? |
cn / ln: | ? |
Aboard: | 21 (passengers:15 crew:6) |
Fatalities: | 21 (passengers:15 crew:6) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | Shot down by a U.S. Air Force F-86 jet fighter towards the end of the Korean War. The Russian government claimed the plane was over Chinese air space. |
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