Aviogenex Flight 130
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Aviogenex Flight 130 was an international charter passenger flight from Gatwick Airport, London to Rijeka Airport, Yugoslavia (modern-day Croatia). On 23 May 1971, the Tupolev Tu-134A servicing the flight suffered structural failure during landing. The aircraft flipped over and caught fire, killing 78 people. The crash became the first fatal accident of the Tupolev Tu-134 since the aircraft entered service.[1]
Accident | |
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Date | 23 May 1971 (1971-05-23) |
Summary | Hard landing caused by optical illusion |
Site | Rijeka Airport 45°13′28″N 14°33′46″E |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Tupolev Tu-134A |
Aircraft name | Skopje |
Operator | Aviogenex |
IATA flight No. | JJ130 |
Registration | YU-AHZ |
Flight origin | Gatwick Airport, London, United Kingdom |
Destination | Rijeka Airport, Rijeka, Yugoslavia |
Passengers | 76 |
Crew | 7 |
Fatalities | 78 |
Injuries | 5 |
Survivors | 5 |
British authorities assisted in the investigation led by the Yugoslavian Directorate General of Civil Aeronautics. The investigation found that the crew might have suffered an optical illusion due to heavy showers and the dusk that could have led the crew to believe that the runway was closer and lower than it actually was. In response to the illusion, the crew executed an overly steep and fast descent in the last phase of the final approach, causing a hard touchdown and breakage of the right wing.