Ilyushin II-18 crash, Oct 19, 1964 (33 killed), Belgrade-...

Ilyushin II-18 accident on October 19, 1964 near Belgrade-Nikola Tesla Belgrade City District, Serbia with 33 fatalities.

A Soviet Air Force Ilyushin airliner carrying a military delegation to Belgrade for the anniversary of the city's liberation crashed into Mount Avala while descending in fog on 19 October 1964. The aircraft was below the glide path, and it struck trees on a wooded slope about 20 km from the runway. All 33 people aboard were killed, including Marshal Sergei Biryuzov.

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