Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Flight 307

Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Flight 307 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Sofia, Bulgaria, to Moscow in the Soviet Union, that crashed on its final approach to Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport on 3 March 1973, killing all 25 passengers and crew on board.

Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Flight 307
LZ-BEM, the accident aircraft
Accident
Date3 March 1973
SummaryAtmospheric icing
Sitenear Sheremetyevo International Airport, Moscow, Soviet Union
Aircraft
Aircraft typeIlyushin Il-18
OperatorBalkan Bulgarian Airlines
RegistrationLZ-BEM
Flight originSofia Vrazhdebna Airport, Sofia, Bulgaria
DestinationSheremetyevo International Airport, Moscow, Soviet Union
Passengers17
Crew8
Fatalities25
Survivors0

Aircraft

The aircraft involved was an Ilyushin Il-18V, registration LZ-BEM. With manufacturer's serial number 182005602, it first flew in 1962.[1]

Description of the accident

The aircraft was completing an international scheduled passenger flight from Sofia to Moscow. It was on its second landing attempt after a missed approach when it started to lose altitude, nosediving shortly thereafter. The aircraft crashed into the ground, disintegrating and catching fire.[1] There were no survivors among the fourteen passengers and seven crew members on board.[2]:81 The accident marked the 60th loss of an Ilyushin Il-18. It was also the 24th worst accident involving the type at the time of the accident; as of July 2014, the event is the 35th deadliest one involving an Il-18.[1]

Icing was later determined as the possible cause of the accident.[1]

References
  1. Accident description for LZ-BEM at the Aviation Safety Network
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