ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 329523
| Date: | Tuesday 30 September 1975 |
| Time: | 03:44 |
| Type: |  Tupolev Tu-154A |
| Owner/operator: | Malev Hungarian Airlines |
| Registration: | HA-LCI |
| MSN: | 74A053 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1974 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1186 hours |
| Engine model: | Kuznetsov NK-8-2U |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 60 / Occupants: 60 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 10 km off Beirut International Airport (BEY) -
 Lebanon
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Budapest-Ferihegy Airport (BUD/LHBP) |
| Beirut International Airport (BEY/OLBA) |
Malev flight 240 departed Budapest at 23:10 for a flight to Beirut. After contacting Beirut at 02:33 the crew got permission to descend to 6000 feet.
The aircraft crashed into the sea while approaching Beirut. The ILS localizer was unserviceable at the time of the accident. Visual approach should have been possible from the BOD NDB with a visibility of 20 km below clouds.
PROBABLE CAUSE: Undetermined.
Sources:
Aviation News 31 October 1975
Soviet Transports
ICAO Adrep
Location
Images:
photo (c) Dr. Peter Moys, via Werner Fischdick; Budapest-Ferihegy Airport (BUD); July 1975
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