Malév Flight 110

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Malév Flight 110

An aircraft similar of the one involved in the accident
Accident
Date	September 16, 1971 (1971-09-16)
Summary	Generator failure and foggy weather
Site	Kiev-Borispol Airport, Ukraine
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Tupolev TU-134
Operator	Malev Hungarian Airlines
Registration	HA-LBD
Flight origin	Budapest-Ferihegy Airport, Hungary
Destination	Kiev-Borispol Airport, Ukraine
Passengers	41
Crew	8
Fatalities	49
Injuries	0
Survivors	0

At about 11:45 A.M. on September 16, 1971, Malév Flight 110 crashed near Kiev-Borispol Airport, Ukraine.

History[]

It was making its approach, but there was poor visibility; due to heavy fog and poor weather conditions, it was limited to 1800 meters. To worsen the situation, the plane's generator had failed, forcing the crew to switch to the battery's auxiliary power. But due to the poor visibility, the crew was forced to make two landing attempts, both of which failed. As they tried to land, the visibility significantly decreased to about 700 meters. Usually, in the event of emergency, the equipment necessary to control the airplane could operate using batteries for at least sixty minutes when staff shut down excessive consumers such as refrigerators, kitchen heaters, or cabin lighting in time. This did not happen, so battery life decreased by half. The plane eventually ran out of battery power and crashed several kilometers away from the airport. The plane broke up and all 49 people on board perished. After an investigation, officials determined that the crash was caused by an unfortunate series of events involving pilot error, mismanagement of the situation by the ground crew, aircraft malfunctions, and poor conditions.

Sources[]

• https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19710916-2
• http://iho.hu/hir/a-kijevi-katasztrofa-titkai
• http://www.bacs-kiskun-leveltar.hu/V3/SP07_mbn/Tanulmanyok/szbe-02t-1.html