Paris - Paris

On June 3, 1973 at 03:29 PM, Paris - Paris experienced a crash involving Tupolev TU-144, operated by Tupolev Industries - GKAP Tupolev OKB, with the event recorded near Goussainville Val-d'Oise.

The flight was categorized as demonstration and the reported phase was flight at a city crash site.

6 people were known to be on board, 14 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 233.3%.

Crew on board: 6, crew fatalities: 6, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 8.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The supersonic airplane was engaged in a demonstration flight during the 'Paris Air Show'. Following a low pass over runway 03 at an altitude of 190 meters for about one km, the crew increased engine power and initiated a steep climb till the altitude of 1,200 meters. Then the airplane started to descent and four second after it reached the altitude of 750 meters on descent, the airplane rolled to the left at an angle of 40° with positive g loads of 4 to 4,5 g. At an altitude of 280 meters and a speed of 780 km/h, the front left wing detached, struck the left main wing and punctured the fuel tank. Out of control, the airplane disintegrated in the air and crashed in flames in Goussainville. All six occupants were killed as well as eight people on the ground. 28 other people were injured, some of them seriously. Several houses were destroyed.

Aircraft reference details include registration CCCP-77102, MSN 01-2, year of manufacture 1972.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 49.0346°, 2.4621°.