Narrative:
A wheel on starboard main gear overheated during an aborted takeoff at Kiev-Borispol. The Tupolev took off again for Simferopol. After touchdown the tyre exploded, puncturing a fuel tank and causing a massive fire.
Runway mishap
» airdisaster.ru
accident date: 28-06-1981
type: Tupolev Tu-134A
registration: CCCP-65871
| Status: | |
| Date: | Sunday 28 June 1981 |
| Type: |  Tupolev Tu-134A |
| Operator: | Aeroflot / Ukraine |
| Registration: | CCCP-65871 |
| MSN: | 28311 |
| First flight: | 1975 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 11492 |
| Cycles: | 8206 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 59 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Simferopol Airport (SIP) ( Ukraine)
|
| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Kiev-Borispol Airport (KBP/UKBB), Ukraine |
| Simferopol Airport (SIP/UKFF), Russia |
A wheel on starboard main gear overheated during an aborted takeoff at Kiev-Borispol. The Tupolev took off again for Simferopol. After touchdown the tyre exploded, puncturing a fuel tank and causing a massive fire.
Classification:
Runway mishap
Sources:
» Soviet Transports» airdisaster.ru
Photos
accident date: 28-06-1981
type: Tupolev Tu-134A
registration: CCCP-65871
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 Kiev-Borispol Airport to Simferopol Airport as the crow flies is 627 km (392 miles).
Distance from Kiev-Borispol Airport to Simferopol Airport as the crow flies is 627 km (392 miles).
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