Accident description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 14 NOV 1978 |
| Time: | ca 13:00 |
| Type: | Tupolev 154B-1 |
| Operator: | Aeroflot, International Civil Aviation Directorate |
| Registration: | CCCP-85286 |
| C/n / msn: | 78A-286 |
| First flight: | 1978 |
| Engines: | 3 Kuznetsov NK-8-2U |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 9 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 65 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 74 |
| Airplane damage: | Substantial |
| Airplane fate: | Repaired |
| Location: | Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN) (Sweden)
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| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN/ESSA), Sweden |
| Moskva-Sheremetyevo Airport (SVO/UUEE), Russia | |
| Flightnumber: | 212 |
Aeroflot flight 212 to Moscow had reached rotation speed when the captain felt firm resistance when trying to lift the nose. The captain decided to abort the takeoff with only about 500 meters of runway left. The Tupolev overran runway 26, struck an ILS localizer antenna and went down a slope.
Sources:
» Peter Tancred
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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 Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Moskva-Sheremetyevo Airport as the crow flies is 1211 km (757 miles).
Distance from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Moskva-Sheremetyevo Airport as the crow flies is 1211 km (757 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.
