PZL-Mielec AN-2 crash, Feb 6, 1973 (13 killed), Shieli Ky...

PZL-Mielec AN-2 accident on February 6, 1973 near Shieli Kyzylorda, Kazakhstan with 13 fatalities.

An Aeroflot An-2 flying from Kyzymshek to Shymkent with a stop at Shulakkurgan struck a mountain slope in low cloud and rain after it took a re-routed course. All 13 occupants were killed and the wreckage was found about 35 km northeast of Shieli.

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