ASN Aircraft accident Antonov An-24V YR-AMT Vladeasa mountain group
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Date:Wednesday 4 February 1970
Type:Silhouette image of generic AN24 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Antonov An-24V
Operating for:Tarom
Leased from:Romanian Government
Registration: YR-AMT
MSN: 77303310
First flight: 1967
Crew:Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Passengers:Fatalities: 14 / Occupants: 15
Total:Fatalities: 20 / Occupants: 21
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Aircraft fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:Vladeasa mountain group (   Romania)
Phase: Approach (APR)
Nature:Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Bucharest-Otopeni International Airport (OTP/LROP), Romania
Destination airport:Oradea Airport (OMR/LROD), Romania
Flightnumber:RO35
Narrative:
An Antonov 24B passenger plane, YR-AMT, was destroyed when it flew into a mountainside in the Vladeasa mountain group, Romania. All six crew members and seven passengers died instantly. All but one of the surviving passengers later died before rescuers were able to reach the wreckage.
Tarom flight RO35 had departed Bucharest-Otopeni International Airport (OTP) on a domestic flight to Oradea Airport (OMR). The flight descended in poor visibility conditions until it struck tree tops on a mountainside. It then impacted a mountain slope and broke up.

Classification:
Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) - Mountain

Sources:
» Soviet Transports
» Bihoreanul 15-11-2004


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Distance from Bucharest-Otopeni International Airport to Oradea Airport as the crow flies is 421 km (263 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.

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