Accident description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 21 JAN 1995 |
| Type: | Tupolev 154B-2 |
| Operator: | Kazakhstan Airlines |
| Registration: | UN-85455 |
| C/n / msn: | 80A-455 |
| First flight: | 1980 |
| Engines: | 3 Kuznetsov NK-8-2U |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 12 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 105 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 117 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Karachi International Airport (KHI) (Pakistan) |
| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Karachi International Airport (KHI/OPKC), Pakistan |
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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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CCPP-85455 seen here on lease from Aeroflot to LOT
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
