1984 Balkan Bulgarian Tupolev Tu-134 crash

Aviation accident in Bulgaria

1984 Balkan Bulgarian Tupolev Tu-134 crash
Accident
LZ-TUR, the Tupolev Tu-134 involved in the crash
Date	10 January 1984
Summary	Pilot error in bad weather
Site	Near Sofia Vrazhdebna Airport, Sofia, Bulgaria 42°41′33″N 23°28′23″E / 42.69250°N 23.47306°E / 42.69250; 23.47306
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Tupolev Tu-134
Operator	Balkan Bulgarian Airlines
Registration	LZ-TUR
Flight origin	Berlin Schönefeld Airport, Schönefeld, East Germany
Destination	Sofia Vrazhdebna Airport, Sofia, Bulgaria
Passengers	45
Crew	5
Fatalities	50
Survivors	0

The 1984 Balkan Bulgarian Tupolev Tu-134 crash occurred on 10 January 1984 when a Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Tupolev Tu-134 airliner crashed on an international flight from Berlin Schönefeld Airport in Schönefeld, East Germany, to Sofia Airport in Sofia, Bulgaria. All fifty on board were killed.

While on approach to Sofia Airport in heavy snow, the crew failed to make visual contact with the ground as they descended below decision altitude. The crew attempted to overshoot for an altitude of 80 to 100 metres (260 to 330 ft), but the aircraft hit a power line and crashed 4 kilometres (2.5 mi; 2.2 nmi) from the runway into a forest. The aircraft was destroyed with no survivors.

Passengers

Thirty-eight passengers and the crew were Bulgarians, the other seven on the flight were East Germans.

References

^ "50 Killed as Tupolev crashes at Sofia". The Times. No. 61736. London. 12 January 1984. p. 5.
Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Tupolev Tu-134A LZ-TUR Sofia-Vrazhdebna Airport (SOF)". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 27 March 2020.

UK CAA Document CAA 429 World Airline Accident Summary (ICAO Summary 1984-5)

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v t e Aviation accidents and incidents in 1984 (1984)
Jan 10 Balkan Bulgarian Tupolev Tu-134 crashFeb 28 Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 901Mar 22 Pacific Western Airlines Flight 501Jun 28 TARSA Bandeirante accidentJul 5 Indian Airlines Flight 405Aug 2 Vieques Air Link Flight 901AAug 5 Biman Bangladesh Airlines Fokker F27 crashAug 24 Indian Airlines Flight 421Aug 24 San Luis Obispo mid-air collisionAug 30 Cameroon Airlines Flight 786Sep 18 Aeroservicios Ecuatorianos Flight 767-103Oct 11 Aeroflot Flight 3352Dec 6 Provincetown-Boston Airlines Flight 1039Dec 23 Aeroflot Flight 3519
1983 ◄ ► 1985

Aviation accidents and incidents in 1984 (1984)

Jan 10 Balkan Bulgarian Tupolev Tu-134 crashFeb 28 Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 901Mar 22 Pacific Western Airlines Flight 501Jun 28 TARSA Bandeirante accidentJul 5 Indian Airlines Flight 405Aug 2 Vieques Air Link Flight 901AAug 5 Biman Bangladesh Airlines Fokker F27 crashAug 24 Indian Airlines Flight 421Aug 24 San Luis Obispo mid-air collisionAug 30 Cameroon Airlines Flight 786Sep 18 Aeroservicios Ecuatorianos Flight 767-103Oct 11 Aeroflot Flight 3352Dec 6 Provincetown-Boston Airlines Flight 1039Dec 23 Aeroflot Flight 3519

1983 ◄ ► 1985

v t e Aviation accidents and incidents in Bulgaria
El Al Flight 402 (July 1955) Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Flight 107 (March 1978) Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Flight 013 (March 1983) Balkan Bulgarian Tupolev Tu-134 crash (January 1984) Hemus Air Flight 7081 (September 1996)

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