Incident Overview
Date: Saturday 8 July 1972
Aircraft Type: Tupolev Tu-134
Owner/operator: Aeroflot, Northern Civil Aviation Directorate
Registration Number: CCCP-65604
Location: Murmansk Airport (MMK) –
ÿ Russia
Phase of Flight: Standing
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Component Affected: The Tu-134 aircraft’s rear luggage compartment.The Tu-134 aircraft’s rear luggage compartment.
Category: Accident
A Tu-134 aircraft was impacted by a suitcase containing a bleaching agent, resulting in a fire and subsequent loss of the aircraft.A Tu-134 aircraft was impacted by a suitcase containing a bleaching agent, resulting in a fire and subsequent loss of the aircraft.
Description
A Tu-134 was loaded at Murmansk Airport when a suitcase containing a bleaching agent was dropped in the rear luggage compartment with such a force that the bleaching agent was set free and a fire broke out. The aircraft burned out.
Source of Information
http://airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=1239http://airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=1239Primary Cause
Dropping of a suitcase containing a bleaching agent into the rear luggage compartment of the Tu-134.Dropping of a suitcase containing a bleaching agent into the rear luggage compartment of the Tu-134.Share on:
