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Malév Flight 262

4 Jul 2000 · Thessaloniki Airport, Thermi, Greece

Malév Hungarian Airlines Tupolev Tu-154B-2 · Belly landing due to pilot error

From Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport (BUD) to Thessaloniki Macedonia International Airport (SKG)

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Event

Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
Accident
Event fatalities
0 · all aircraft and ground (occupants minus survivors)
Ground fatalities
Unknown
Occupants
94
Survivors
94
InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
0
OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
Airline

Tupolev Tu-154B-2

Flight
MA262
Aircraft type
Tupolev TU-154
Category
Airplane · from aircraft type
RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
HA-LCR
Onboard fatalities
0 (occupants minus survivors)
Route
From Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport (BUD)To Thessaloniki Macedonia International Airport (SKG)

Approximate · Coordinates from the Wikipedia article; not checked against an investigation report.

From the Wikipedia article

Malév Hungarian Airlines Flight 262 was a flight from Budapest Ferihegy International Airport to Thessaloniki International Airport. On 4 July 2000, a Tupolev Tu-154, belonging to Malév Hungarian Airlines, performed a gear-up touchdown during the landing at Thessaloniki, skidded on the runway, but was able to take off and land normally after a go-around. No injuries were reported.

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Sources

Wikipedia article: Malév Flight 262
Article
Malév Flight 262
Revision
1356372087 · 2026-05-27 · retrieved 2026-09-18
Wikidata
Q6745203
Licence
Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
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Record
Wikipedia article "Malév Flight 262" (page 16930435, revision 1356372087)
Date
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Place and country
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Map position
Wikipedia article coordinates
Aircraft, operator and route
Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
Operation
airline flight number in the infobox
Fatalities
Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities (aircraft occupants minus survivors)
Ground fatalities
not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
Summary
Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (1)
  • Wikipedia · Facts from the Wikipedia article's infobox and coordinates, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.