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Date Friday 5 June 1992
Time
Type Silhouette image of generic T154 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Tupolev Tu-154B
Operator Balkan Bulgarian Airlines
Registration LZ-BTD
MSN 74A058
Year of manufature 1974
Engines Kuznetsov NK-8-2U
Crew Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Passengers Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 127
Total occupants Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 130
Aircraft damage Destroyed, written off
Aircraft fate w/o
Location Varna Airport (VAR)   Bulgaria
Phase Landing
Nature Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi
Departure Airport Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN/ESSA)
Destination Airport Varna Airport (VAR/LBWN)
Narrative A Tupolev 154B passenger plane, registered LZ-BTD, sustained substantial damage in a landing accident at Varna Airport (VAR), Bulgaria. All 130 on board survived.
The airplane was arriving on a charter flight from Sweden in strong winds and heavy rainfall. The airplane touched down late on runway 27 and ran off the runway, causing the nose landing gear to collapse.

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Patrick af Klercker (E-mail, 6-8-2012)
Scramble 160
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photo (c) Harro Ranter; Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport (AMS); 02 January 1991; (CC:by-nc-nd)


photo (c) Niall Moran; Dublin Airport (DUB/EIDW); July 1976