Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Flight 107
1978 passenger plane crash in Gabare, Bulgaria / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Flight 107 was an accident that occurred on 16 March 1978, when a Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Tupolev Tu-134 airliner on an international flight from Sofia Airport to Warsaw Airport crashed.[1] All passengers and crew died in the crash. As of 2024, it remains the deadliest accident in Bulgarian aviation history.[1] The exact cause of the crash remains unknown.
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Accident | |
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Date | 16 March 1978 |
Summary | Cause unknown |
Site | Gabare, Bulgaria 43°19′39″N 23°52′23″E |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Tupolev Tu-134 |
Operator | Balkan Bulgarian Airlines |
ICAO flight No. | LZ 107 |
Registration | LZ-TUB |
Flight origin | Sofia Vrazhdebna Airport, Sofia, Bulgaria |
Destination | Warsaw Airport, Warsaw, Poland |
Occupants | 73 |
Passengers | 66 |
Crew | 7 |
Fatalities | 73 |
Survivors | 0 |
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