Tupolev TU-134 crash, Jul 10, 2006, Simferopol-Gvardeysko...
Tupolev TU-134 accident on July 10, 2006 near Simferopol-Gvardeyskoye AFB, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ukraine with no fatalities. Cause: Failure...
- Date: July 10, 2006
- Aircraft: Tupolev TU-134
- Location: Simferopol-Gvardeyskoye AFB, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ukraine
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Failure and explosion of the left engine during the takeoff roll, attributed to a bird strike in one database record; no official report was located to confirm this.
A Russian Navy Tu-134 taking off from Simferopol-Gvardeyskoye air base for Moscow lost its left engine as the nose lifted off. The captain rejected the takeoff, but the aircraft overran, lost its undercarriage and burned. All 28 people aboard escaped, including Admiral Vladimir Masorin, with three suffering minor injuries.