- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: September 01, 1969
Time: 13:05
Location: Cross Bay, Russia
Operator: Aeroflot
Flight #: 55
Route: Anadyr - Cross Bay
AC Type: Ilyushin IL-14P
Registration: CCCP-61731
cn / ln: 146000205
Aboard: 27   (passengers:22  crew:5)
Fatalities: 22   (passengers:17  crew:5)
Ground: 0
Summary: The plane crashed into a hillside 24 km from the airport in poor weather while on approach. Failure of the crew to reduce speed and approach in weather worse than the specified minimum.
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