Malév Flight 110

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Malév Flight 110
Tupolev Tu-134, Malev - Hungarian Airlines AN1150963.jpg
An aircraft similar of the one involved in the accident
Accident
DateSeptember 16, 1971 (1971-09-16)
SummaryGenerator failure and foggy weather
SiteKiev-Borispol Airport, Ukraine
Aircraft
Aircraft typeTupolev TU-134
OperatorMalev Hungarian Airlines
RegistrationHA-LBD
Flight originBudapest-Ferihegy Airport, Hungary
DestinationKiev-Borispol Airport, Ukraine
Passengers41
Crew8
Fatalities49
Injuries0
Survivors0

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.

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