1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash

Soviet Air Force crash near Yekaterinburg, Russia July 2014 transp Гибель хоккейной команды ВВС МВО May 2022 1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash 7 January 1950 Crashed in adverse weather Accident Lisunov Li-2 Soviet AF Monino 1994.jpg 1.15 A Li-2 similar to the accident aircraft Koltsovo Airport, Sverdlovsk, USSR Lisunov Li-2 (license-built DC-3) SOV 42 Red 42 red 19500105-1 8 October 2013 Vnukovo Airport, Moscow, USSR Chelyabinsk Airport, Chelyabinsk 19 13 6 19 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. (Some sources report the crash date as 5 January 1950.)http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/profiles/bio_uk.asp?PAR_I_ID=102155 https://web.archive.org/web/20081028174002/http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/profiles/bio_uk.asp?PAR_I_ID=102155 USSR – 1956 – Ice Hockey team: A clean start International Olympic Committee 28 October 2008 Among those killed in the crash was goalkeeper Harijs Mellups. Aftermath The crash was covered up by Vasily Stalin, the son of Joseph Stalin and the team's manager, who immediately recruited a new team without his father's knowledge.Ellen Barry Andrew E. Kramer Crash Wipes Out Elite Russian Hockey Team, Killing Several Veterans of the N.H.L. https://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/08/world/europe/08russia.html 17 March 2024 The New York Times 7 September 2011Kevin Sherrington Remembering hockey tragedy https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-miami-herald-remembering-hockey-trag/143529835/ 17 March 2024 The Miami Herald The Dallas Morning News 13 February 1992 9D Newspapers.com See also List of accidents involving sports teams References 56.837814 N 60.596842 E title Category:Airliner accidents and incidents caused by weather Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in the Soviet Union Category:20th-century aviation accidents and incidents in Russia Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in 1950 Category:Aviation accidents and incidents involving professional sports teams Sver Category:January 1950 in Europe Category:Aviation accidents and incidents involving the Douglas DC-3 Category:1950 disasters in the Soviet Union Category:20th century in Yekaterinburg Category:Aviation accidents and incidents involving Soviet Air Force aircraft