Tupolev TU-134 crash, Dec 5, 1995 (52 killed), Nakhchivan
Tupolev TU-134 accident on December 5, 1995 near Nakhchivan, Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan with 52 fatalities. Cause: Left engine compressor failure traced to...
- Date: December 5, 1995
- Aircraft: Tupolev TU-134
- Location: Nakhchivan, Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan
- Fatalities: 52
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Left engine compressor failure traced to missing fasteners left after faulty maintenance, compounded by the flight engineer shutting down the good right engine amid poor crew coordination and flight deck ergonomics.
An Azerbaijan Airlines Tu-134B-3 climbing out of Nakhchivan lost its left engine after a compressor stage disintegrated. The flight engineer then shut down the serviceable right engine by mistake. The captain attempted an emergency landing, but the aircraft rolled right and crashed in an open field about 3.85 km from the airport and broke up. Thirty people survived.