Budapest - Istanbul

On November 19, 1969 at 12:00 AM, Budapest - Istanbul experienced a crash involving Tupolev TU-134, operated by Malév Hungarian Airlines - Magyar Légiközlekedési Vallalat, with the event recorded near Istanbul-Atatürk Marmara Region (Marmara Bölgesi).

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

0 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated.

Crew on board: 0, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. The crew completed the approach in rain falls. After touchdown, the airplane was unable to stop within the remaining distance and overran. While contacting soft ground, the left main gear and the nose gear collapsed and the airplane came to rest down a bank. All occupants escaped uninjured except the navigator who was seating in the nose of the airplane.

Aircraft reference details include registration HA-LBA, MSN 8 35 06 04, year of manufacture 1968.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 40.9940°, 29.1218°.