Ilyushin II-18 crash, Feb 26, 1963 (10 killed), Shelikov...
Ilyushin II-18 accident on February 26, 1963 near Shelikov Gulf Magadan oblast, Russia with 10 fatalities. Cause: A hot air line near the number two...
- Date: February 26, 1963
- Aircraft: Ilyushin II-18
- Location: Shelikov Gulf Magadan oblast, Russia
- Fatalities: 10
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: A hot air line near the number two engine broke and started a fire, followed by a ruptured fuel line. Both engines failed and the crew made a forced landing on the ice.
An Aeroflot Ilyushin Il 18 on a cargo flight from Anadyr to Magadan lost two engines in flight and made an emergency landing on the icy Shelikov Gulf on 26 February 1963. The aircraft slid across the ice, broke through and sank, and all ten occupants died of hypothermia.