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Date Saturday 21 January 1995
Time
Type Silhouette image of generic T154 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Tupolev Tu-154B-2
Operator Kazakhstan Airlines
Registration UN-85455
MSN 80A455
Year of manufature 1980
Engines Kuznetsov NK-8-2U
Crew Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 12
Passengers Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 105
Total occupants Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 117
Aircraft damage Destroyed, written off
Aircraft fate w/o
Location Karachi International Airport (KHI)   Pakistan
Phase Take off
Nature Passenger - Scheduled
Departure Airport Karachi International Airport (KHI/OPKC)
Destination Airport
Narrative As the Tupolev failed to lift off the runway, the captain rejected the takeoff at a speed of 270-280 km/h. The airplane overran the end of the runway and continued for about 500 metres. The nose gear collapsed before the Tupolev came to rest. The aircraft had been overloaded by 6 tons.

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photo (c) Osi Saad; Karachi International Airport (KHI); 27 January 2014


photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Brussel-Zaventem Airport (BRU); August 1988