| Date: | Tuesday 10 January 1984 |
| Time: | 19:38 |
| Type: |  Tupolev Tu-134A |
| Owner/operator: | Balkan Bulgarian Airlines |
| Registration: | LZ-TUR |
| MSN: | 4352308 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1974 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 50 / Occupants: 50 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 4 km from Sofia-Vrazhdebna Airport (SOF) -
 Bulgaria
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Berlin-Schönefeld Airport (SXF/EDDB) |
| Sofia-Vrazhdebna Airport (SOF/LBSF) |
The Tupolev descended below decision altitude while the crew were trying to make visual contact with the runway in heavy snow.
At an altitude of 80-100 m an overshoot was attempted, but the aircraft struck a power line and crashed in a forest, 4 km short of the runway.
Sources:
Soviet Transports
Location
Images:
photo (c) Werner Fischdick; Düsseldorf Airport (DUS); 17 August 1978
photo (c) Gerhard Plomitzer; Nürnberg Airport (NUE/EDDN); 18 September 1981
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