| Date: | Thursday 16 September 1971 |
| Time: | 11:43 |
| Type: |  Tupolev Tu-134 |
| Owner/operator: | Malev Hungarian Airlines |
| Registration: | HA-LBD |
| MSN: | 9350801 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1969 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 49 / Occupants: 49 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Kiev-Borispol Airport (KBP) -
 Ukraine
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Budapest-Ferihegy Airport (BUD/LHBP) |
| Kiev-Borispol Airport (KBP/UKBB) |
Approaching Kiev, a generator failure forced the crew to switch to batteries for power supply. Foggy weather then forced the crew to abort two approaches. The Tupolev then crashed and broke up.
Sources:
Soviet Transports
Location
Images:
photo (c) Dietrich Eggert; München-Riem Airport (MUC/EDDM); August 1969
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