Tu-154 incident in Stockholm (1978)
Aeroflot (Central Directorate of International Air Services) Tupolev Tu-154 · Failure of engine No. 2 and the main hydraulic system
From Stockholm-Arlanda Stockholm (Sweden) to Sheremetyevo, Moscow (USSR)
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
- Occurrence
- Event fatalities
- 0 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- Unknown
- Occupants
- Unknown
- Survivors
- 74
- 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-154
- 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
- CCCP-85286
- Onboard fatalities
- 0
- Route
- From Stockholm-Arlanda Stockholm (Sweden)To Sheremetyevo, Moscow (USSR)
Cause areas
- Aircraft › Aircraft power plant
- Aircraft › Aircraft systems
From the investigation findings the Wikipedia article reports, sorted into the NTSB's cause areas with AI assistance.
Approximate · Coordinates from the Wikipedia article; not checked against an investigation report.
From the Wikipedia article
The Tu-154 incident in Stockholm was an aviation incident that occurred on Tuesday 14 November 1978 involving a Tu-154B-1 aircraft of the Soviet airline Aeroflot at Stockholm-Arlanda Airport in Sweden.
Incident
The aircraft was to operate flight SU-212 on the route Stockholm (Arlanda) – Moscow (Sheremetyevo), with a total of 9 crew members and 65 passengers on board. The take-off was performed from runway 26 at about 13 o'clock. But when the nose gear rotation speed (VR) was reached, the commander felt considerable resistance when trying to pull the control column "towards himself" (to raise the nose). There were 500 metres of runway remaining when the decision was made to reject the take-off.
Unable to stop on the remaining stretch, the aircraft overran the runway, crossed the end safety area, struck the localizer antenna, then ran onto a slope and came to a stop. None of those on board (74 people) were killed. The aircraft itself was not significantly damaged either and was repaired.
Investigation and cause
Causes
The cause of the incident was the failure of the second (centre) engine and the main hydraulic system.
Translated into English with AI assistance from the Russian Wikipedia article “Инцидент с Ту-154 в Стокгольме (1978)” (revision 154959063, retrieved 2026-09-19) by its authors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Extracted as plain text: references, tables, images and some sections are left out; the translation may contain errors, and long articles were cut to their first 700 words. Read the article
Sources
Russian Wikipedia article: Инцидент с Ту-154 в Стокгольме (1978)
- Translation
- Into English with AI assistance; names of linked operators and aircraft types from Wikidata. It may contain errors.
- Revision
- 154959063 · 2026-09-10 · retrieved 2026-09-19
- Wikidata
- Q16655874
- Licence
- Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Where each value comes from
- Record
- ru Wikipedia article "Инцидент с Ту-154 в Стокгольме (1978)" (page 4812155, revision 154959063), translated into English with AI assistance
- Date
- Wikipedia infobox: date
- Place and country
- Wikipedia infobox: site
- 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
- Reviewed correction (2026-09-26): An Aeroflot Tu-154 on scheduled flight SU-212 with 65 passengers: an airline passenger flight. The article: "The aircraft was to operate flight SU-212 on the route Stockholm (Arlanda) – Moscow (Sheremetyevo), with a total of 9 crew members and 65 passengers on board."
- Fatalities
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities
- Ground fatalities
- not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
- Summary
- Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (1)
- Wikipedia · Facts from the Russian Wikipedia article's infobox, translated into English with AI assistance, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.