| Date: | Friday 2 December 1977 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Tupolev Tu-154A |
| Owner/operator: | Libyan Arab Airlines, lsf Balkan Bulgarian Airlines |
| Registration: | LZ-BTN |
| MSN: | 74A054 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1974 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3700 hours |
| Engine model: | Kuznetsov NK-8-2U |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 59 / Occupants: 165 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Benghazi -
 Libya
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Jeddah International Airport (JED/OEJD) |
| Benghazi-Benina International Airport (BEN/HLLB) |
Landing at Benghazi wasn't possible due to heavy fog. When the crew weren't able to locate the alternate airport, they ran out of fuel. A forced landing was carried out. LZ-BTN was one of 6 Tupolev 154s leased by Libyan Arab Airlines from Balkan Bulgarian Airlines for Hadj pilgrim flights to Mecca.
Sources:
Soviet Transports
Tupolev Tu-154 / Colin Ballantine
Location
Images:
photo (c) Dietrich Eggert; Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS/EDDL); July 1977
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