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Date Saturday 1 March 1980
Time
Type Silhouette image of generic T154 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Tupolev Tu-154A
Operator Aeroflot, West Siberia Civil Aviation Directorate
Registration CCCP-85103
MSN 75A103
Year of manufature 1975
Engines Kuznetsov NK-8-2U
Crew Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 9
Passengers Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 152
Total occupants Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 161
Aircraft damage Destroyed, written off
Aircraft fate w/o
Location Orenburg Airport (REN)   Russia
Phase Landing
Nature Passenger - Scheduled
Departure Airport Adler/Sochi Airport (AER/URSS)
Destination Airport Orenburg Airport (REN/UWOO)
Narrative The Tupolev 154A operated on a flight from Simferopol to Novosibirsk with en route stops at Sochi and Orenburg.
While on approach to Orenburg Airport, the flight deviated from the glide path. The approach was continued and the airplane touched down at 3 g, 68 metres before the runway threshold. The airplane bounced and touched down again at 3.9 g, 635 metres further on, causing the fuselage to break in two.

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