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Crash of a PZL-Mielec AN-2R in Promin: 2 killed

Date & Time: Mar 25, 2015 at 0046 LT
Type of aircraft:
Registration:
UR-62681
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
1G179-11
YOM:
1978
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The crew was performing an illegal flight, most probably from Belarus, with a load of cigarettes on board. By night, he was attempting to land in a field located in Promin when the single engine aircraft impacted the roof of a house and crashed on a small road, bursting into flames. The aircraft was destroyed by a post crash fire and both occupants were killed.