Date: August 29, 1996
Type: Tupolev 154M
Registration: RA-85621
Operator: Vnukovo Airlines
Where: Opera Mountain, Salbard-Longyearbyen, Arctic Island
Report No.: Not Available
Report Date: -
Pages: -

This is not an investigation abstract.

A Tupolev 154M chrashed while approching Longyerbyen Airport at Norways 
arctic island Svalbard, aug. 29., 1996. 141 persons killed. The airline 
was Vnukovo Airlines, Russia. The plane chrashed into the Opera Mountain, 
a few miles from the airport and a few miles out of the corridor of 
approach. Most plausible cause is navigation-fault, but the official 
investigation and report is not finished.