Tupolev TU-154 crash, Oct 11, 1984 (178 killed), Omsk-Intl
Tupolev TU-154 accident on October 11, 1984 near Omsk-Intl, Omsk oblast, Russia with 178 fatalities. Cause: The major cause was an air traffic...
- Date: October 11, 1984
- Aircraft: Tupolev TU-154
- Location: Omsk-Intl, Omsk oblast, Russia
- Fatalities: 178
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The major cause was an air traffic controller falling asleep on duty, combined with a runway maintenance supervisor who let vehicles onto the runway and fell asleep, and vehicles without radios or flashing beacons.
Aeroflot Flight 3352, a Tu-154B-1, landed at Omsk at night in rain and haze and struck maintenance vehicles that had been driven onto the runway without the tower being informed. The air traffic controller was asleep on duty and could not see the vehicles. In total 178 people died, 174 aboard and 4 on the ground, and the aircraft was destroyed.