Accident description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 07 AUG 1980 |
| Time: | 03:04 |
| Type: | Tupolev 154B-1 |
| Operator: | Tarom |
| Registration: | YR-TPH |
| C/n / msn: | 78A-277 |
| First flight: | 1978 |
| Engines: | 3 Kuznetsov NK-8-2U |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 16 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 152 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 168 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Nouadhibou Airport (NDB) (Mauritania)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Bucharest-Otopeni International Airport (OTP/LROP), Romania |
| Nouadhibou Airport (NDB/GQPP), Mauritania |
The Tupolev crew couldn't see the runway while descending through the 90m decision height. A missed approach procedure was initiated when the pilot felt contact with the what he thought was ground, but was actually water, 300m short of the runway.
Events:
Sources:
» ICAO Adrep Summary 5/94 (#94)
» Soviet Transports
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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 Bucharest-Otopeni International Airport to Nouadhibou Airport as the crow flies is 4700 km (2938 miles).
Distance from Bucharest-Otopeni International Airport to Nouadhibou Airport as the crow flies is 4700 km (2938 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.
