1956 Anadyr Li-2 crash

On the morning of 9 December at 00:20,[* 1] the Li-2 with 5 crew members, 7 passengers, and 580 kilograms of cargo on board departed from Uelkal en route to Anadyr.According to the weather forecast, variable cloud cover at an altitude of 600–1,000 meters, a light westerly wind, and 4–6 km visibility were expected along the route.Flying 8 kilometers off course to the left of the flight path, the airliner, with engines running, crashed into a hill at an altitude of 720 meters on the southwest slope of Mount Ioanna (Zolotoy Ridge), exploded, and was completely destroyed.The crew saw the airport and believed they were flying along the correct path over the valley, so they began descending without receiving clearance from the dispatcher.Contributing factors to the crash were the lack of discipline by the check pilot and the poor control of the flight by the dispatcher at Anadyr airport.

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