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Date:	Friday 2 December 1977
Time:
Type:	Tupolev Tu-154A
Owner/operator:	Libyan Arab Airlines, lsf Balkan Bulgarian Airlines
Registration:	LZ-BTN
MSN:	74A054
Year of manufacture:	1974
Total airframe hrs:	3700 hours
Engine model:	Kuznetsov NK-8-2U
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 59 / Occupants: 165
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	near Benghazi - Libya
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi
Departure airport:	Jeddah International Airport (JED/OEJD)
Destination airport:	Benghazi-Benina International Airport (BEN/HLLB)

Narrative:
Landing at Benghazi wasn't possible due to heavy fog. When the crew weren't able to locate the alternate airport, they ran out of fuel. A forced landing was carried out. LZ-BTN was one of 6 Tupolev 154s leased by Libyan Arab Airlines from Balkan Bulgarian Airlines for Hadj pilgrim flights to Mecca.

Sources:

Soviet Transports
Tupolev Tu-154 / Colin Ballantine

Statistics

9^th worst accident in 1977
25^th worst accident of this aircraft type
3^rd worst accident of this aircraft type at the time

Location

Images:

photo (c) Dietrich Eggert; Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS/EDDL); July 1977

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