What the records say
- When
- 23 May 1978
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 55.39° N, 38.86° E
- Description
- 1978 Soviet aircraft accident
1978 Yegoryevsk Tupolev Tu-144 crash
1978 Soviet aircraft accident
During a test flight of a Tupolev Tu-144 on 23 May 1978, the aircraft suffered a fuel leak, which led to an in-flight fire in the right wing, forcing the shutdown of two of the aircraft's four engines. One of the two remaining engines subsequently failed, forcing the crew to make a belly landing in a field near Yegoryevsk, Moscow Oblast.
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