Tupolev TU-154 crash, Nov 17, 1990, Velichovská

Tupolev TU-154 accident on November 17, 1990 near Velichovská, Hradec Králové Region, Czech Republic with no fatalities.

An Aeroflot Tu-154M (CCCP-85664) on a cargo flight from Basel to Moscow declared an emergency after smoke and fire developed in the cabin at 10,600 m. The crew diverted and made a high speed landing without flaps in a field near Velichovska in the Czech Republic, where the aircraft struck an embankment, broke up and burned. All six crew survived with minor injuries and the aircraft was written off.

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