Narrative:
Crashed following a simulated engine failure when a flight crew member raised the flaps too soon.
accident date: 09-02-1989
type: Tupolev Tu-154B-2
registration: YR-TPJ
accident date: 09-02-1989
type: Tupolev Tu-154B-2
registration: YR-TPJ
| Status: | |
| Date: | Thursday 9 February 1989 |
| Type: |  Tupolev Tu-154B-2 |
| Operator: | Tarom |
| Registration: | YR-TPJ |
| MSN: | 80A408 |
| First flight: | 1980 |
| Engines: | 3 Kuznetsov NK-8-2U |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | 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 |
| Bucharest-Otopeni International Airport (OTP/LROP), Romania |
Crashed following a simulated engine failure when a flight crew member raised the flaps too soon.
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accident date: 09-02-1989
type: Tupolev Tu-154B-2
registration: YR-TPJ
accident date: 09-02-1989
type: Tupolev Tu-154B-2
registration: YR-TPJ
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