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]

1978 Balkan Bulgarian Tupolev Tu-134 crash
Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Tu-134 (reg. LZ-TUA)
Accident
Date16 March 1978
SummaryUnknown
SiteGabare, Bulgaria
43°19′39″N 23°52′23″E
Aircraft
Aircraft typeTupolev Tu-134
OperatorBalkan Bulgarian Airlines
RegistrationLZ-TUB
Flight originSofia Vrazhdebna Airport, Sofia, Bulgaria
DestinationWarsaw Airport, Warsaw, Poland
Passengers66
Crew7
Fatalities73
Survivors0

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 on board. 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)
  1. "ASN Aircraft accident Tupolev 134 LZ-TUB Gabare". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 31 December 2017.


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