PZL-Mielec AN-2 crash, Aug 30, 1972 (2 killed), Perevitsk...

PZL-Mielec AN-2 accident on August 30, 1972 near Perevitskiy Torzhok Moscow oblast, Russia with 2 fatalities.

A crop spraying An-2R flying over a state farm near the Oka River entered thick smoke from burning peatland. Both pilots lost spatial orientation, the aircraft dived into the riverbank and burned, and both crew were killed.

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