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This plane crash takes us to the European country of Latvia, which is located next to the following countries: Estonia, Russia, Belarus and Lithuania.
WARNINGS OF A PLANE CRASH
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Aeroflot Flight L-51, registered as Charlie Charlie Charlie Papa- 46215 (CCCP-46215), was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Riga International Airport (IATA: RIX, ICAO: EVRA), Riga, Latvia, the flight was operated by an Antonov An-24 that crashed on approach to it;s destination airport of Liepāja International Airport (IATA: LPX, ICAO: EVLA), Latvia, on the 30th of December 1967, the crash resulted in the deaths of 43 out of the 51 people on board the plane, to date, the crash is the deadliest aviation accident in Latvian history.
On approach to Liepāja International Airport the plane entered the glide slope at a speed of 300 kilometres per hour and at an altitude of 300 meters (984 feet) instead of the recommended 220 kilometres per hour at 200 meters (656 feet), the flight crew elected to use reverse thrust to slow down the too fast and too high Antonov for landing but the flight crew declared a missed approach and attempted a go around, the flight crew increased thrust and retracted the flaps and landing gear, the right engine began to deliver forward thrust but the left engine was still in reverse thrust, the plane entered a roll to the left with decreasing altitude and the plane struck the ground at a pitch angle of 0 degrees 250 meters left of the approach path, the plane crashed into a snow covered field, the lading gear was retracted into the lower fuselage, then the left propeller contacted the ground before the aircraft gained altitude and became airborne again, the left propeller was now vibrating severely, the plane covered 140 meters before it struck a telephone pole, which severed 3 meters of the right wing along with the ailerons, the plane then yawed (turned) right and continued to fly for 1,270 meters with an increasing bank to the right until the plane struck the ground heavily at a bank angle of 48 degrees, there was no post crash fire but the Antonov was completely destroyed in the accident.
