ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 330642
Date: | Tuesday 21 December 1971 |
Time: | 23:40 |
Type: | Ilyushin Il-18V |
Owner/operator: | Balkan Bulgarian Airlines |
Registration: | LZ-BES |
MSN: | 185008104 |
Year of manufacture: | 1965 |
Engine model: | Ivchenko AI-20K |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 28 / Occupants: 73 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Sofia-Vrazhdebna Airport (SOF) -
Bulgaria
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
Departure airport: | Sofia-Vrazhdebna Airport (SOF/LBSF) |
Destination airport: | Algiers-Dar el Beida Airport (ALG/DAAG) |
Narrative:Crashed on takeoff.
The aircraft had just undergone extensive maintenance. Reportedly the elevator controls were crossed, causing a control reversal.
The aircraft carried Bulgarian cultural delegation, among others the Sofia Orchestra, to festivities in Algeria. A well known singer, Pasha Hristova, was killed in the crash.
Sources:
Soviet Transports Location
Images:
photo (c) Ralf P. Kokoschka; Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel Airport (HAM/EDDH); 10 July 1969
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