Is there anywhere where I can found out details of Russian crashes apart from the usual couple of websites that always come up when you look on the internet? I am trying to find out details of a crash in the Northern Urals in 1991 in which there were 9 fatalities. I know nothing more than that, whether it was civil or military or type of aircraft other than these details here. It was near Mount Otorten and the Dyatlov Pass. I suppose even with the thawing of the secrecy after the fall of the Berlin Wall I don’t suppose information is that easy to come by. There are details of accidents on the websites I mentioned but none of them fit.
Any pointers greatfully received.
By: Old Git - 7th February 2011 at 20:42
Actually, Wieesso it is in connection with this that I was asking because quite frankly I don’t believe there was a crash with 9 fatalities. It is merely to spice the Dyatlov incident up. There is a further dubious connecting story about the Mansi people of the region which says that 9 of the Mansi died on the mountain in ancient times as well. I think certainly the air crash part is hokum but of course you can never say that until you have checked it out properly.
By: wieesso - 7th February 2011 at 20:34
There is an irritating similarity with another incident, same location, same number of fatalities:
“The Dyatlov Pass incident refers to an event that resulted in the deaths of nine ski hikers in the northern Ural mountains on the night of February 2, 1959.” :confused:
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February 7, 2011 at 8:03 pm