| Date: | Thursday 9 February 1989 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Tupolev Tu-154B-2 |
| Owner/operator: | Tarom |
| Registration: | YR-TPJ |
| MSN: | 80A408 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1980 |
| Engine model: | Kuznetsov NK-8-2U |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Bucharest-Otopeni International Airport (OTP) -
 Romania
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Bucharest-Otopeni International Airport (OTP/LROP) |
| Bucharest-Otopeni International Airport (OTP/LROP) |
Crashed following a simulated engine failure when a flight crew member raised the flaps too soon.
Sources:
Soviet Transports
Location
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Miami International Airport, FL (MIA); December 1985
photo (c) Tim Rees; London-Heathrow Airport (LHR/EGLL); 18 April 1984
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