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1977 Libyan Arab Airlines Tu-154 crash

1977 aviation accident over Libya

Field	Value
name	1977 Libyan Arab Airlines Tu-154 crash
image	Balkan Tu-154 LZ-BTD at LHR (30610664975).jpg
image_upright	1.15
caption	A Balkan Tu-154 similar to the one involved
date
summary	Forced landing after fuel exhaustion
occurrence_type	Accident
site	Near Benghazi, Libya
fatalities	59
aircraft_type	Tupolev Tu-154
origin	Jiddah International Airport, Saudi Arabia
destination	Benina International Airport, Libya
operator	Libyan Arab Airlines leased from Balkan Bulgarian Airlines
tail_number	LZ-BTN
occupants	165
passengers	159
crew	6
survivors	106
coordinates

On 2 December 1977, a Tupolev Tu-154 passenger jet ran out of fuel and made a forced landing near Benghazi, Libya. A total of 59 passengers were killed.

Aircraft

The aircraft was a Tu-154A registered LZ-BTN and had its first flight in 1974. It was one of six Tu-154s to be leased by Libyan Arab Airlines from Balkan Bulgarian Airlines for that year's pilgrim flights to Mecca for the Hajj.

Accident

The aircraft took off from Jiddah International Airport in Saudi Arabia on a flight to Benina International Airport in the Libyan city of Benghazi with a crew of six and 159 passengers – pilgrims returning to Libya from the Hajj – on board. Egyptian airspace was closed to Libyan aircraft at the time, necessitating an indirect route to Benghazi instead of the direct route across Egypt; the crew reportedly did not plan for the longer flight time, leaving the aircraft short of fuel. As the aircraft neared Benghazi, heavy fog blanketed the airport, & the pilots could not land the aircraft. After failing to locate the alternate airport, the aircraft ran out of fuel & made a forced landing, killing 59 out of the 165 on board.

Notes

References

(10 July 2001). "Хроника падающих Ту-154".
"Crash of a Tupolev TU-154 in Al Bayda: 59 killed". B3A Aircraft Accidents Archives.
(21 January 1978). "FLIGHT SAFETY 1977 — a safe year for scheduled passengers".
Ranter, Harro. "Aviation Safety Network LZ-BTN accident description". [[Flight Safety Foundation]].

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