Aeroflot Flight 214
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 An Aeroflot Ilyushin Il-14 | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 6 August 1955 |
| Summary | Engine fire, wing separation |
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| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Ilyushin Il-14 |
| Operator | Aeroflot |
| Registration | СССР-Л5057 |
| Flight origin | Gumrak Airport, Stalingrad |
| Destination | Vnukovo Airport, Moscow |
| Passengers | 20 |
| Crew | 5 |
| Fatalities | 25 |
| Survivors | 0 |
Aeroflot Flight 214 was a crash that occurred on 6 August 1955 involving an Ilyushin Il-14 aircraft operated by Aeroflot with tail number СССР-Л5057. The aircraft was operating a flight on the route Moscow–Stalingrad (now Volgograd)–Moscow. During the flight, the right engine failed and caught fire. The developing fire led to the destruction of the wing. The aircraft lost control and crashed. All 25 people on board were killed, including 10 members of a delegation of Norwegian women who had arrived in the USSR at the invitation of the Anti-Fascist Committee of Soviet Women, and three of its staff members who were accompanying the guests. A government commission led by the deputy chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR, Mikhail Krunichev, arrived at the scene to investigate the causes of the accident.