| Date: | Thursday 7 August 1980 |
| Time: | 03:04 |
| Type: |  Tupolev Tu-154B-1 |
| Owner/operator: | Tarom |
| Registration: | YR-TPH |
| MSN: | 78A277 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Engine model: | Kuznetsov NK-8-2U |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 168 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Nouadhibou Airport (NDB) -
 Mauritania
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Bucharest-Otopeni International Airport (OTP/LROP) |
| Nouadhibou Airport (NDB/GQPP) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The Tupolev crew couldn't see the runway while descending through the 90 m decision height. A missed approach procedure was initiated when the pilot felt contact with the what he thought was ground, but was actually water, 300 m short of the runway.
Sources:
ICAO Adrep Summary 5/94 (#94)
Soviet Transports
Location
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Düsseldorf Airport (DUS); July 1979
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