Ilyushin II-18 crash, May 9, 1974, Ivano-Frankivsk Ivano-...

Ilyushin II-18 accident on May 9, 1974 near Ivano-Frankivsk Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine with no fatalities.

An Aeroflot Il 18 on a scheduled flight from Kiev landed on a short agricultural strip after the crew mistook it for the airport in poor visibility. The aircraft overran the strip, broke in two in a ravine, and all 65 people on board escaped unhurt.

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