Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Flight 307

Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Flight 307
Accident summary
An Ilyushin Il-18 of Balkan Bulgarian Airlines, sister to the accident aircraft
Date	3 March 1973
Summary	Unknown
Site	Moscow, Soviet Union
Passengers	17
Crew	8
Fatalities	25
Survivors	0
Aircraft type	Ilyushin Il-18
Operator	Balkan Bulgarian Airlines
Registration	LZ-BEM
Flight origin	Sofia Vrazhdebna Airport, Sofia, Bulgaria
Destination	Sheremetyevo International Airport, Moscow, Soviet Union

Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Flight 307 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Sofia, Bulgaria, to Moscow in the Soviet Union, that crashed on its final approach to Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport on 3 March 1973, killing all 25 passengers and crew on board.

Aircraft

The aircraft involved was an Ilyushin Il-18V, registration LZ-BEM. With manufacturer's serial number 182005602, it first flew in 1962.^[1]

Description of the accident

The aircraft was completing an international Sofia–Moscow scheduled passenger service. It was on its second landing attempt after a missed approach when it started to lose height. A nose dive shortly followed. The aircraft crashed into the ground, disintegrating and catching fire.^[1] There were no survivors among the fourteen passengers and a crew of seven on board.^[2]^:81 The accident marked the 60th loss of an Ilyushin Il-18. It was also the 24th worst accident involving the type at the time of the accident; as of July 2014, the event is the 35th deadliest one involving an Il-18.^[1]

Icing was later determined as the possible cause of the accident.^[1]

References

1 2 3 4 Accident description for LZ-BEM at the Aviation Safety Network
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- "Air safety (page 80)". Flight International. 105 (3384). 17 January 1974. Archived from the original on 26 July 2014.
- "Air safety (page 81)". Flight International. Archived from the original on 26 July 2014.
- "Air safety (page 82)". Flight International. Archived from the original on 26 July 2014.
- "Air safety (page 83)". Flight International. Archived from the original on 26 July 2014.

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Aviation accidents and incidents in 1973 (1973)
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Jan 22 Kano air disaster
Jan 29 EgyptAir Flight 741
Feb 19 Aeroflot Flight 141
Feb 21 Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114
Feb 26 DeKalb–Peachtree Airport Learjet 24 crash
Mar 3 Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Flight 307
Mar 5 Nantes mid-air collision
Apr 10 Invicta International Airlines Flight 435
May 31 Indian Airlines Flight 440
Jun 3 Paris Air Show Tu-144
Jun 20 Aeroméxico Flight 229
Jul 11 Varig Flight 820
Jul 22 Pan Am Flight 816
Jul 23 Japan Air Lines Flight 404
Jul 23 Ozark Air Lines Flight 809
Jul 31 Delta Air Lines Flight 723
Aug 13 Aviaco Flight 118
Sep 8 World Airways Flight 802
Sep 11 JAT Airways Flight 769
Sep 27 Texas International Airlines Flight 655
Sep 30 Aeroflot Flight 3932
Oct 13 Aeroflot Flight 964
Nov 3 National Airlines Flight 27
Nov 23 Italian Air Force C-47 "Argo 16"
Nov 25 KLM Flight 861
Dec 17 Pan Am Flight 110 and Lufthansa Flight 303 hijacking

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