Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Flight 307

Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Flight 307 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Sofia to Moscow that crashed on its final approach to the Sheremetyevo Airport in Moscow on March 3, 1973. All 25 passengers and crew on board were killed in the crash.

Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Flight 307
LZ-BEM, the accident aircraft
Accident
Date3 March 1973
SummaryAtmospheric icing
Sitenear Sheremetyevo International Airport, Moscow, Soviet Union
Aircraft
Aircraft typeIlyushin Il-18
OperatorBalkan Bulgarian Airlines
RegistrationLZ-BEM
Flight originSofia Vrazhdebna Airport, Sofia, Bulgaria
DestinationSheremetyevo International Airport, Moscow, Soviet Union
Passengers17
Crew8
Fatalities25
Survivors0

Aircraft

The aircraft involved was an Ilyushin Il-18V, registration LZ-BEM with the manufacturer's serial number 182005602. The aircraft first flew in 1962.[1]

Description of the accident

The aircraft was completing an international scheduled passenger flight from Sofia to Moscow when, on its second landing attempt after a missed approach, it started to lose altitude and nosedived shortly thereafter. The aircraft crashed into the ground, disintegrated, and caught fire.[1] There were no survivors among the fourteen passengers and seven crew members on board.[2]:81 The accident marked the 60th loss of an Ilyushin Il-18 and was also the 24th worst accident involving the type at the time of the accident. As of July 2014, the event is the 35th deadliest one involving an Il-18.[1]

Icing was later determined as the possible cause of the accident.[1]

References
  1. Accident description for LZ-BEM at the Aviation Safety Network
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