While on approach to Sofia Airport in heavy snow, the crew failed to make visual contact with the ground as they descended below decision altitude. The crew attempted to overshoot for an altitude of 80 to 100 metres (260 to 330 ft), but the aircraft hit a power line and crashed 4 kilometres (2.5 mi; 2.2 nmi) from the runway into a forest. The aircraft was destroyed with no survivors.[2]
Passengers
Thirty-eight passengers and the crew were Bulgarians, the other seven on the flight were East Germans.[1]
References
^ abc"50 Killed as Tupolev crashes at Sofia". The Times. No. 61736. London. 12 January 1984. p. 5.
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