Aeroflot Flight 892
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Prague Airport | |
| Destination | Berlin Schönefeld Airport |
|---|---|
| Occupants | 82 |
| Passengers | 73 |
| Crew | 9 |
| Fatalities | 72 |
| Survivors | 10 |
Aeroflot Flight 892 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Minsk to East Berlin, which crashed on 12 December 1986 due to pilot error, killing seventy-two of the eighty-two passengers and crew on board.[1]
Accident
Due to adverse weather conditions, the scheduled flight from Minsk to East Berlin diverted to Prague. Once the weather in Berlin improved, the flight took off for the original destination. Upon arrival the conditions allowed only an
Tu-134 stalled and struck trees some 3 km from runway 25L's threshold. Upon impact, the fuel in the aircraft's tanks ignited. The rescue services found 12 survivors, but two later died in the hospital. In all, all 9 crew members and 63 passengers (including 20 of the 27 schoolchildren from class 10A of the Schwerin
high school) lost their lives.
References
- Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
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