- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: August 02, 1988
Time: ?
Location: Sofia, Bulgaria
Operator: Balkan Bulgarian Airlines
Flight #: ?
Route: Sofia - Varna
AC Type: Yakovlev YAK-40
Registration: LZ-DOK
cn / ln: 9620247
Aboard: 37   (passengers:33  crew:4)
Fatalities: 29   (passengers:26  crew:3)
Ground: 0
Summary: Crashed on takeoff from Sophia airport en route to Varna. Possible crew error. The stabilizer was set in the full "Down" position, instead it was supposed to be set between 2.5-3 degrees in "the Up" position.
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