1978 Balkan Bulgarian Tupolev Tu-134 crash
The 1978 Balkan Bulgarian Tupolev Tu-134 crash was an accident that occurred on 16 March 1978, when a Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Tupolev Tu-134 airliner on an international flight from Sofia Airport to Warsaw Airport crashed.[1]
 Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Tu-134 (reg. LZ-TUA) | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 16 March 1978 |
| Summary | Unknown |
| Site | Gabare, Bulgaria 43°19′39″N 23°52′23″E |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Tupolev Tu-134 |
| Operator | Balkan Bulgarian Airlines |
| Registration | LZ-TUB |
| Flight origin | Sofia Vrazhdebna Airport, Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Destination | Warsaw Airport, Warsaw, Poland |
| Passengers | 66 |
| Crew | 7 |
| Fatalities | 73 |
| Survivors | 0 |
On departure from Sofia, the aircraft began to climb to 8,850 metres (29,040 ft) but at 4,900 m (16,100 ft), it turned on a heading of 050. It turned again to 270 before it began an abnormal descent. The aircraft crashed near the village of Gabare, 130 km northeast of Sofia, killing all 73 people onboard. The nature of the emergency and whether the aircraft was under control at the moment of impact were never established.
References
- UK CAA Document CAA 429 World Airline Accident Summary (ICAO Summary 4/80)
- "ASN Aircraft accident Tupolev 134 LZ-TUB Gabare". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
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