- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | June 03, 1973 |
Time: | 1529 |
Location: | Goussainville, France |
Operator: | Aeroflot |
Flight #: | ? |
Route: | Demonstration |
AC Type: | Tupolev TU-144 |
Registration: | CCCP-77102 |
cn / ln: | 01-2 |
Aboard: | 6 (passengers:0 crew:6) |
Fatalities: | 6 (passengers:0 crew:6) |
Ground: | 8 |
Summary: | During a steep climb at an airshow, the airplane was observed to level off very abruptly and then begin a dive. The plane broke apart and exploded before crashing into a residential area killing 8 people and seriously injuring 60 others. The pilot, possibly startled by a close encounter with a Mirage jet photographing the TU-144, overreacted causing a compressor stall. The aircraft then went into a dive and broke apart after the aircraft's design capacity was exceeded. |
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