Accident description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 16 MAR 1978 |
| Type: | Tupolev 134 |
| Operator: | Balkan Bulgarian Airlines |
| Registration: | LZ-TUB |
| C/n / msn: | 8350501 |
| First flight: | 1968 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 66 / Occupants: 66 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 73 / Occupants: 73 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Gabare (Bulgaria)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Sofia-Vrazhdebna Airport (SOF/LBSF), Bulgaria |
| Warszawa-Okecie Airport (WAW/EPWA), Poland |
The aircraft began an abnormal descent after reaching an altitude of 4900m and struck the ground near Gabare.
Sources:
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Sofia-Vrazhdebna Airport to Warszawa-Okecie Airport as the crow flies is 1061 km (663 miles).
Distance from Sofia-Vrazhdebna Airport to Warszawa-Okecie Airport as the crow flies is 1061 km (663 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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