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The result was delete. Either this is an absolute hoax, or it's so riddled with errors it needs to be blown up and started over. Either way, not a snowball's chance of this surviving in anything remotely near to its current form. The Bushranger _{One ping only} 18:00, 30 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

1979 IL-14 Crash

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PROD on this article was removed by creator so taking to discussion, although seems a clear delete. The rationale given by Randykitty was: "Unsourced. English so bad that it is difficult to see what is correct or not. An IL-14 flight from the Soviet Union to Antarctica seems unlikely. That there was a problem explaining the deaths of people on board that was solved only 2 years ago (for a crash that allegedly occurred in 1979!) is also unlikely. Possible hoax, fails WP:V" Mabalu (talk) 02:25, 30 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: I have come across this which verifies that there was such an accident in 1979 although not all the details tally with those in the article. However, this is all I was able to find, and I am not sure it is enough to support an individual article. Mabalu (talk) 02:28, 30 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete unless reliable sources can be produced. It seems unecessary to point out the inconsistencies in the article as it stands - that this is an aircraft built in the Soviet Union, on a flight said to have originated there, yet the registration is US, the purported photograph is of an aircraft bearing US markings, the enquiry is said to have been conducted by the NTSB (US and verifiable if it existed). The ASN entry is plausible but not sufficient unless the source for that can be confirmed (the Scamble website only has the aircraft as entering service). --AJHingston (talk) 09:28, 30 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Fails WP:V. I am more and more convinced that this is a hoax. The article creator also uploaded a photo purported to be "own work" and, as noted by AJHingston, showing a plane with US markings. --Randykitty (talk) 09:33, 30 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.