ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 324791
| 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) |
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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