Ilyushin II-12 crash, Dec 18, 1957 (27 killed), Birobidzh...
Ilyushin II-12 accident on December 18, 1957 near Birobidzhan Evreyskaya oblast (Jewish Autonomous oblast), Russia with 27 fatalities. Cause: Rudder...
- Date: December 18, 1957
- Aircraft: Ilyushin II-12
- Location: Birobidzhan Evreyskaya oblast (Jewish Autonomous oblast), Russia
- Fatalities: 27
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Rudder failure
Aeroflot Il-12P CCCP-L1309 left Khabarovsk on 18 December 1957 bound for Magdagachi and Moscow. About 30 km west of Birobidzhan it went out of control at 2,100 m, dove into a mountain slope and crashed, killing all 27 people aboard. The wreckage was not found until June 1958.