The three-engine Tupolev 154 first flew passengers in 1972 and has since become a workhorse of fleets in Russia, the former Soviet bloc and China. The jet can carry between 156 and 180 passengers and ...

The last Tu-154 passenger jet still in service in Russia has completed its final scheduled commercial flight. On October 28, the Alrosa airline announced that the aircraft had flown from the Yakutia ...

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Tragedy struck on Sunday when a Russian plane crashed into the Black Sea, leaving no survivors. Plane crashes require an large amount of investigation whenever they happen, but specific questions have ...

The first eight IRAN-140 turboprop aircraft are ready to enter service on Saturday as a ban on the ageing Tupelev Tu-154 comes into effect across the country. Head of Iran’s civil aviation authority ...

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Although Russian commercial airlines are no longer known to use the plane -- which first flew in 1972 and went out of production in 1994. Although Russian commercial airlines are no longer known to ...

Preliminary findings from the investigation into the Polish presidential Tupolev Tu-154M crash at Smolensk detail for the first time the accident sequence, and underscore the repeated warnings to the ...

Kyrgyzstan Airlines has released images of the Tupolev Tu-154M damaged in a collision with a US Air Force tanker while taking off from Bishkek’s Manas International airport on 26 September. The Tu-154 ...

(Reuters) - Polish President Lech Kaczynski was among 97 people killed when their Russian-built Tupolev Tu-154 airliner crashed in thick fog in Russia on Saturday. Here are some details about the ...

(Reuters) - Polish President Lech Kaczynski was among 97 people killed when their Russian-built Tupolev Tu-154 airliner crashed in thick fog in Russia on Saturday. Here are some details about the ...