Budapest - Beirut

On September 30, 1975 at 02:40 AM, Budapest - Beirut experienced a crash involving Tupolev TU-154, operated by Malév Hungarian Airlines - Magyar Légiközlekedési Vallalat, with the event recorded near Beirut Beirut Governorate.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

60 people were known to be on board, 60 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 10, crew fatalities: 10, passengers on board: 50, passenger fatalities: 50, other fatalities: 0.

Following an uneventful flight from Budapest, the crew was cleared to descend to an altitude of 6,000 feet. By night, the airplane went out of control and crashed in unclear circumstances into the Mediterranean Sea about 10 km off Beirut. Debris were found floating on water and none of the 60 occupants survived. At the time of the accident, weather conditions were considered as good.

Aircraft reference details include registration HA-LCI, MSN 74A053, year of manufacture 1974.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 33.8919°, 35.5109°.