- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: October 31, 1953
Time: 0030
Location: Kharkov. Ukraine, Russia
Operator: Aeroflot
Flight #: 270
Route: Rostov-on-Don - Kharkiv - Moscow
AC Type: Li-2
Registration: L4732
cn / ln: 18432509
Aboard: 16   (passengers:11  crew:5)
Fatalities: 15   (passengers:10  crew:5)
Ground: 0
Summary: The plane stalled while landing due to improperly set controls. Poor approach techniques on part of the flying crew and against the published procedures according to the weather conditions.
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