Tupolev TU-154 crash, Aug 29, 1996 (141 killed), Longyear...
Tupolev TU-154 accident on August 29, 1996 near Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway with 141 fatalities. Cause: A series of navigation and crew resource...
- Date: August 29, 1996
- Aircraft: Tupolev TU-154
- Location: Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway
- Fatalities: 141
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: A series of navigation and crew resource management errors, including misset approach course indications, poor situational awareness, and language difficulties with the local air traffic service, led to the approach being flown off track into terrain.
A Vnukovo Airlines Tu-154M chartered to carry miners and their families to Svalbard was flying an offset localizer approach to Longyearbyen. Navigation errors and poor crew coordination left it well off the approach centerline, and it flew into the mountain Operafjellet about 3.7 km to the right of the approach. All 141 people on board were killed.