Tupolev TU-134 crash, Oct 19, 1986 (34 killed), Komatipoort
Tupolev TU-134 accident on October 19, 1986 near Komatipoort, Mpumalanga, South Africa with 34 fatalities. Cause: The crew continued to descend under...
- Date: October 19, 1986
- Aircraft: Tupolev TU-134
- Location: Komatipoort, Mpumalanga, South Africa
- Fatalities: 34
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The crew continued to descend under visual rules in darkness and some cloud during an instrument let down approach, ignoring a 32 second ground proximity warning.
A Mozambican Government Tupolev Tu-134A-3 registered C9-CAA carrying President Samora Machel, returning from a meeting in Zambia, crashed on the night of 19 October 1986 near Mbuzini on the South African border. The aircraft broke up, slid across the border and caught fire. Thirty four people were killed.