PZL-Mielec AN-2 crash, Aug 18, 1971 (5 killed), Ekimchan...

PZL-Mielec AN-2 accident on August 18, 1971 near Ekimchan Amur oblast, Russia with 5 fatalities.

An Aeroflot An2 on a scheduled flight from Zlatoustovsk to Ekimchan flew into cloud on its last leg as the weather worsened. It struck a mountain slope about 22 km east of Ekimchan, about 10 km off course, and all five occupants died.

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