Date: | Saturday 21 January 1995 |
Time: | |
Type: | Tupolev Tu-154B-2 |
Owner/operator: | Kazakhstan Airlines |
Registration: | UN-85455 |
MSN: | 80A455 |
Year of manufacture: | 1980 |
Engine model: | Kuznetsov NK-8-2U |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 117 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Karachi International Airport (KHI) -
Pakistan
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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.
Sources:
Soviet Transports Location
Images:
photo (c) Osi Saad; Karachi International Airport (KHI); 27 January 2014
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Brussel-Zaventem Airport (BRU); August 1988
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