Tupolev TU-154 crash, Mar 23, 1978 (4 killed), Damascus D...
Tupolev TU-154 accident on March 23, 1978 near Damascus Damascus Governorate, Syria with 4 fatalities. Cause: The crew failed to realize the aircraft...
- Date: March 23, 1978
- Aircraft: Tupolev TU-154
- Location: Damascus Damascus Governorate, Syria
- Fatalities: 4
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The crew failed to realize the aircraft was too low on the approach to Damascus and struck a mountain slope.
Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Tupolev Tu-154 LZ-BTB, operating a cargo flight from Sofia to Sharjah with a stop in Damascus, struck the slope of a mountain about 22 km from Damascus Airport while on approach. All four crew were killed and the aircraft was destroyed.