Lisunov LI-2 crash, Dec 7, 1944 (16 killed), Orlivka Vinn...
Lisunov LI-2 accident on December 7, 1944 near Orlivka Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine with 16 fatalities. Cause: The captain descended in thick fog and the...
- Date: December 7, 1944
- Aircraft: Lisunov LI-2
- Location: Orlivka Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine
- Fatalities: 16
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: The captain descended in thick fog and the aircraft struck the slope of a ravine.
An Aeroflot Lisunov LI 2 on a scheduled flight from Chisinau to Kiev struck a ravine slope near Orlivka on 7 December 1944 after the captain descended in thick fog. All 16 aboard were killed.