Accident description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
Status:
Date:04 FEB 1970
Type:Antonov 24B
Operator:Tarom
Registration: YR-AMT
C/n / msn: 77303310
First flight: 1967
Crew:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Passengers:Fatalities: 17 / Occupants: 18
Total:Fatalities: 21 / Occupants: 22
Airplane damage: Written off
Airplane fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:Apuseni Mts. (Romania)
Phase: Approach (APR)
Nature:Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Bucharest-Otopeni International Airport (OTP/LROP), Romania
Destination airport:Oradea Airport (OMR/LROD), Romania
Narrative:
Crashed into mountains while approaching Oradea after a flight from Bucuresti.

Sources:
» Soviet Transports

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Distance from Bucharest-Otopeni International Airport to Oradea Airport as the crow flies is 421 km (263 miles).

This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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