1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash

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1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash
Accident
A Li-2 similar to the accident aircraft
Date	7 January 1950
Summary	Crashed in adverse weather
Site	Koltsovo Airport, Sverdlovsk, USSR
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Lisunov Li-2 (license-built DC-3)
Operator	Soviet Air Forces
Registration	42 Red
Flight origin	Vnukovo Airport, Moscow, USSR
Destination	Chelyabinsk Airport, Chelyabinsk
Occupants	19
Passengers	13
Crew	6
Fatalities	19
Survivors	0

The Sverdlovsk plane crash of 7 January 1950 killed all 19 people on board, including almost the entire ice hockey team (VVS Moscow) of the Soviet Air Forces – 11 players, as well as a team doctor and a masseur. The team was on board a twin-engined Lisunov Li-2 transport aircraft, a licensed Soviet-built version of the DC-3, heading to a match against Dzerzhinets Chelyabinsk. Due to poor weather at Chelyabinsk, the flight diverted to Sverdlovsk. The crew attempted four approaches but during the fifth approach to Koltsovo Airport the aircraft crashed near the airport in a heavy snowstorm with strong winds.

Among those killed in the crash was goalkeeper Harijs Mellups.

Aftermath

The crash was covered up by Vasiliy Stalin, the son of Joseph Stalin and the team's manager, who immediately recruited a new team without his father's knowledge.

References

Accident description for 42 red at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 8 October 2013.
"Athletes – Famous Olympic Athletes, Medalists, Sports Heroes". 9 May 2017.
Ellen Barry; Andrew E. Kramer (7 September 2011). "Crash Wipes Out Elite Russian Hockey Team, Killing Several Veterans of the N.H.L." The New York Times. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
Kevin Sherrington (13 February 1992). "Remembering hockey tragedy". The Miami Herald. The Dallas Morning News. p. 9D. Retrieved 17 March 2024 – via Newspapers.com.

v t e Aviation accidents and incidents in the Soviet Union in the 1950s
1950	Sverdlovsk Li-2 crash (January 1950) Karaganda Aeroflot Il-12 crash (July 1950)
1951	Aradan An-2 crash (April 1951) Novosibirsk Aeroflot Il-12 crash (November 1951)
1952	Habomai Islands RB-29 shootdown (October 1952)
1953	Kemerovo mid-air collision (May 1953) Aeroflot Flight 229 (June 1953) Aeroflot Flight 783 (October 1953)
1954	Aeroflot Flight 10 (September 1954) Aeroflot Flight 136 (October 1954)
1955	Aeroflot Flight 214 (August 1955)
1956	Anadyr Aeroflot Li-2 crash (December 1956)
1957	LOT Polish Airlines Flight 232 (June 1957) Kiev mid-air collision (August 1957) Aeroflot Flight 11 (October 1957) Aeroflot Flight 10 (December 1957)
1958	Aeroflot Flight 105 (June 1958) Aeroflot Flight 04 (August 1958) C-130 shootdown incident (2 September 1958) Aeroflot Flight 365 (5 September 1958) Aeroflot Flight 164 (7 September 1958) Lazo Il-12 crash (19 September 1958) Kanash Aeroflot Tu-104 crash (October 1958)
1959	Aeroflot Flight 205 (January 1959) Aeroflot Flight 200 (October 1959) Aeroflot Flight 315 (November 1959)
1922–1949 ◄ 1950–1959 ► 1960–1969

v t e Aviation accidents and incidents in 1950 (1950)
Jan 7 Sverdlovsk plane crashJan 26 USAF C-54 disappearanceFeb 13 British Columbia B-36 crashMar 7 Northwest Orient Flight 307Mar 12 Llandow air disasterJun 12 Air France DC-4 accidentsJun 23 Myrtle Beach USAF C-46D crashJun 24 Northwest Orient Flight 2501Jun 26 Australian National Airways Douglas DC-4 crashJul 28 Panair do Brasil Flight 099Jul 30 Karaganda Il-12 crashAug 5 Fairfield-Suisun Boeing B-29 crashAug 31 TWA Flight 903Sep 14 Geysir air crashOct 31 Heathrow Vickers Viking crashNov 3 Air India Flight 245Nov 13 Tête de l'Obiou C-54 crashDec 30 Maroochy air crash
1949 ◄ ► 1951

Aviation accidents and incidents in 1950 (1950)

Jan 7 Sverdlovsk plane crashJan 26 USAF C-54 disappearanceFeb 13 British Columbia B-36 crashMar 7 Northwest Orient Flight 307Mar 12 Llandow air disasterJun 12 Air France DC-4 accidentsJun 23 Myrtle Beach USAF C-46D crashJun 24 Northwest Orient Flight 2501Jun 26 Australian National Airways Douglas DC-4 crashJul 28 Panair do Brasil Flight 099Jul 30 Karaganda Il-12 crashAug 5 Fairfield-Suisun Boeing B-29 crashAug 31 TWA Flight 903Sep 14 Geysir air crashOct 31 Heathrow Vickers Viking crashNov 3 Air India Flight 245Nov 13 Tête de l'Obiou C-54 crashDec 30 Maroochy air crash

1949 ◄ ► 1951

56°50′16″N 60°35′49″E / 56.837814°N 60.596842°E / 56.837814; 60.596842

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