Aeroflot Flight 971

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Aeroflot Flight 971

An Aeroflot Lisunov Li-2, similar to the aircraft involved in the accident
Accident
Date	26 August 1954 (1954-08-26)
Summary	Controlled flight into terrain
Site	Soviet Union, Mount Kommissarskaya
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Lisunov Li-2
Operator	Aeroflot
Registration	CCCP-Л4679
Flight origin	Khabarovsk Novy Airport
Destination	Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Airport
Occupants	27
Passengers	22
Crew	5
Fatalities	26
Survivors	1

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.