Aeroflot Flight 971

Aeroflot Flight 971
An Aeroflot Lisunov Li-2, similar to the aircraft involved in the accident
Accident
Date26 August 1954 (1954-08-26)
SummaryControlled flight into terrain
SiteSoviet Union, Mount Kommissarskaya
Aircraft
Aircraft typeLisunov Li-2
OperatorAeroflot
RegistrationCCCP-Л4679
Flight originKhabarovsk Novy Airport
DestinationYuzhno-Sakhalinsk Airport
Occupants27
Passengers22
Crew5
Fatalities26
Survivors1

On 26 August 1954, Aeroflot Flight 971, a scheduled domestic flight from Khabarovsk to Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk operated by a Lisunov Li-2 crashed near Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk killing 26 of the 27 occupants on board.