Ilyushin II-18 crash, Feb 29, 1968 (83 killed), Parchum I...
Ilyushin II-18 accident on February 29, 1968 near Parchum Irkutsk oblast, Russia with 83 fatalities.
- Date: February 29, 1968
- Aircraft: Ilyushin II-18
- Location: Parchum Irkutsk oblast, Russia
- Fatalities: 83
- Phase of flight: En route
An Ilyushin airliner on a scheduled flight from Moscow to Petropavlovsk Kamchatsky, with a stop at Krasnoyarsk, sent a brief message during cruise. It then entered an uncontrolled descent, turned, inverted and broke up at about 650 m near Parchum. Of 84 people aboard, 83 died and one passenger was found alive, and investigators did not establish the cause.