Accident description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 09 FEB 1989 |
| Type: | Tupolev 154B-2 |
| Operator: | Tarom |
| Registration: | YR-TPJ |
| C/n / msn: | 80A-408 |
| First flight: | 1980 |
| Engines: | 3 Kuznetsov NK-8-2U |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Bucharest-Otopeni International Airport (OTP) (Romania)
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| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Bucharest-Otopeni International Airport (OTP/LROP), Romania |
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Crashed following an engine failure.
Sources:
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YR-TPJ was leased to Guyana Airways from April 1985 until January 1986 when it was returned to Tarom
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.
