Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Flight 307
LZ-BEM, the accident aircraft | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 3 March 1973 |
| Summary | Atmospheric icing |
| Site | Near Sheremetyevo International Airport, Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Ilyushin Il-18 |
| Operator | Balkan Bulgarian Airlines |
| Registration | LZ-BEM |
| Flight origin | Sofia Vrazhdebna Airport, Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Destination | Sheremetyevo International Airport, Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Passengers | 17 |
| Crew | 8 |
| Fatalities | 25 |
| Survivors | 0 |
Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Flight 307 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Sofia to Moscow that crashed on its final approach to the Sheremetyevo Airport in Moscow on March 3, 1973. All 25 passengers and crew on board were killed in the crash.