Malev flight 240, a Tupolev Tu-154A, departed Budapest at 23:10 on a flight to Beirut, Lebanon. After contacting Beirut at the flight was cleared to descend to 6000 feet. As the ILS localizer was unserviceable at midnight, the flight had to carry out an NDB approach to runway 18 in night-time conditions with a visibility of 20 km below clouds. The aircraft crashed into the water, 6 miles from the runway. Eyewitnesses have stated that there was fire or explosion in flight, but there is no evidence to support these statements. No part of the wreckage was recovered and no burn marks or evidence of any metal from an explosion were found on any of the bodies submitted for autopsy. PROBABLE CAUSE: Undetermined.