Tupolev TU-154 crash, Jan 21, 1995, Karachi-Muhammad Ali...
Tupolev TU-154 accident on January 21, 1995 near Karachi-Muhammad Ali Jinnah-Quaid-e-Azam, Sindh, Pakistan with no fatalities. Cause: The crew did not...
- Date: January 21, 1995
- Aircraft: Tupolev TU-154
- Location: Karachi-Muhammad Ali Jinnah-Quaid-e-Azam, Sindh, Pakistan
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: The crew did not prepare the flight per procedures; the mass and balance sheet was wrong, with the aircraft about six tonnes over maximum takeoff weight and the centre of gravity too far forward.
A Tupolev Tu-154 departing Karachi for Almaty did not rotate at takeoff speed, so the crew rejected the takeoff. It overran the runway, rolled about 500 metres and lost its nose gear. All 117 occupants escaped uninjured and the aircraft was written off.