The 1973 Paris Air Show Tu-144 crash of Sunday 3 June 1973 destroyed the second production model of the Russian supersonic Tupolev Tu-144. The aircraft disintegrated in the air while performing extreme manoeuvres and fell on the town of Goussainville, Val-d'Oise, France, killing all six crew members and eight people on the ground.

2020年9月7日 · On Jun. 3, 1973, at the 1973 Paris Airshow, the flight crew on a Tu-144 attempted to perform an impressive steep climb manoeuvre to wow spectators, but they overstressed the airframe while pulling their plane out of a dive and it broke up in mid-air.

2023年6月20日 · Le Bourget was the scene of gladiatorial supersonic spectacle 50 years ago when a Soviet Tupolev Tu-144S sought to outperform the rival BAC-Aerospatiale Concorde at the 1973 Paris air show,...

2019年6月3日 · All in all, it’s hard to determine what exactly caused the 1973 Paris Air Show Tupolev Tu-144 crash. However, it’s clear that the pilot had overstepped the operational boundaries of the aircraft in trying to showcase the Tu-144’s capabilities compared to …

1973年6月4日 · Soviet TU-144 supersonic jetliner explodes and crashes during demonstration flight at Paris Air Show on June 3 killing approximately 14 persons, including crew members; wreckage falls on town...

2023年6月2日 · The tragedy took place in front of more than 250,000 spectators who had gathered to watch flights by both the Tu-144 and Concorde, the world’s only other supersonic passenger jet.

2022年6月6日 · Last week marked 49 years since the crash of СССР-77102, the second production example of the supersonic Tupolev Tu-144, at the 1973 Paris Air Show. The crash killed all of the aircraft's occupants, as well as several on the ground, and severely damaged the aircraft's reputation.

The Tupolev broke up and crashed in flames into the small town of Goussainville. It appears that, for safety reasons, the Tupolev factory had restricted the control surface deflection to a maximum of 5 degrees with canards extended.

On Sunday, June 3, 1973 a fatal accident happened with the Tu-144S number 01-2 registered CCCP-77102. She crashed during an exhibition flight at Paris Air Show due to the separation of the left wing. The crew was trying to rise the plane after a deep dive when the aircraft broke apart under influence of aerodynamic and internal forces.

On June 3, 1973, a test specimen of the Soviet supersonic Tupolev Tu-144, a competitor to the Western Concorde, disintegrated during a demonstration flight at the Paris Air Show. It was a serious accident in which a total of 14 people were killed (all six members of the aircraft crew and another eight people on the ground).