Tag: Svalbard Aviation Disaster
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On This Day In 1996: The 3.7-Km Navigation Error That Sent a Tu-154 Into a Mountain, Killing All 141 Aboard
On 29 August 1996, Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801 was approaching Svalbard Airport in the remote Arctic archipelago of Svalbard when a series of seemingly small navigation errors placed the aircraft directly on a collision course with a mountain. The Tupolev Tu-154M, carrying 130 passengers and 11 crew members, crashed into Operafjellet during its final approach.…
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