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1971 January 22 Surgut Aeroflot Antonov An-12 crash
The 1971 January 22 Surgut Aeroflot Antonov An-12 crash occurred on 22 January 1971, when an Aeroflot Antonov An-12B, registered "CCCP-11000", flying from Omsk Tsentralny Airport, in the Soviet Unions Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic (RSFSR), crashed short of the runway on approach to Surgut International Airport, Surgut, RSFSR. An investigation found the aircraft's ice protection system was ineffective because the engine bleed air valves were closed during the flight; ice therefore built up on the aircraft
1971 Surgut Aeroflot Antonov An-12 crash
1971 Surgut Aeroflot Antonov An-12 crash may refer to either one of the two similar accidents that happened within 9 days of each other:
- 1971 January 22 Surgut Aeroflot Antonov An-12 crash
- 1971 January 31 Surgut Aeroflot Antonov An-12 crash