Incident Overview

Date: Saturday 30 June 1973
Aircraft Type: Tupolev Tu-134A
Owner/operator: Aeroflot / Armenia
Registration Number: CCCP-65668
Location: Amman-Marka International Airport (ADJ) – ÿ Jordan
Phase of Flight: Take off
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 85
Component Affected: The Tupolev 134A aircraft’s single engine.The Tupolev 134A aircraft’s single engine.
Category: Accident
A Tupolev 134A passenger plane experienced a catastrophic failure during takeoff, resulting in a significant accident involving multiple fatalities. The aircraft, carrying seven crew members and 78 passengers, crashed after slowing down due to a single engine failure. The plane collided with trees and subsequently struck a concrete building, resulting in the deaths of seven people inside the building.A Tupolev 134A passenger plane experienced a catastrophic failure during takeoff, resulting in a significant accident involving multiple fatalities. The aircraft, carrying seven crew members and 78 passengers, crashed after slowing down due to a single engine failure. The plane collided with trees and subsequently struck a concrete building, resulting in the deaths of seven people inside the building.

Description

A Tupolev 134A passenger plane was damaged beyond repair in a takeoff accident at Amman (ADJ), Jordan. The airplane carried seven crew members and 78 passengers. All passengers and all but two crew members survived the accident. However, seven people inside a building died when the airplane collided. Aeroflot flight SU512 was departing from Amman on an international flight to Beirut (BEY), Lebanon and Moscow. The pilot-in-command had the impression that the speed dropped due to failure of one engine (although both engines were working normally) and aborted the takeoff at a speed of 265 km/h. V1 speed was calculated as 252 km/h. The Tu-134 overran the runway, came down the slope of a ravine, collided with trees and eventually struck a one-storey concrete building 290 metres behind the runway threshold and broke into three parts.

Source of Information

http://airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=877, https://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.phphttp://airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=877, https://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.php

Primary Cause

Single engine failure caused a loss of control and a rapid descent, leading to a collision with trees and subsequent impact with the building.Single engine failure caused a loss of control and a rapid descent, leading to a collision with trees and subsequent impact with the building.

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