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The Tupolev Tu-154 (Russian: Tyполев Ту-154; NATO reporting name: "Careless") is a three-engined, medium-range, narrow-body airliner designed in the mid-1960s ...
The Tupolev Tu-154 B-1 was operated by Aeroflot (later becoming East Siberia). It was equipped with three Kuznetsov NK-8-2U engines, and first flew in 1977.. The flight carried 170 passengers, including eight teenagers and 16 young children; 2,700 kilograms (6,000 lb) of luggage, 306 kilograms (675 lb) of post, and 1,600 kilograms (3,500 lb) of cargo.
Tu-194 (I): proposed shortened variant of the Tu-154, 1973; Tu-194 (II): lengthened version of Tu-184; Tu-202: anti-submarine aircraft project; Tu-206: a Tu-204 converted into a testbed for alternative fuels; Tu-216: a Tu-204 converted into a testbed for cryogenic fuel; Tu-230 (also known as Tu-260): hypersonic attack aircraft project, 1983
Following this crash and the crash of a Polish Air Force Tu-154 in 2010, the Russian Federal Bureau of Aviation recommended that all remaining Tu-154Ms be withdrawn from service. 1 January 2011 Kolavia Flight 348 , a Tu-154B-2 (RA-85588), erupted in flames while taxiing at Surgut International Airport for takeoff, killing three of 124 on board ...
On 15 March 2001, a Tupolev Tu-154 on a non-scheduled flight from Istanbul to Moscow as Flight 2806 was taken over by three Chechen hijackers, who had the crew fly the aircraft to Saudi Arabia. The Tu-154 landed at Medina , where 47 hostages, including a flight attendant who had been fatally stabbed in the beginning of the hijacking, were ...
The Tupolev Tu-154B aircraft was manufactured in 1977 with the serial number 4L-85222. It was powered by three Kuznetsov NK-8-2U turbofan engines. [1] The aircraft had previously been operated by Russian airline Aeroflot. [2] During the 1980 Summer Olympics, it bore the Official Olympic Carrier livery. [3]
The Tupolev had taken off at 05:27 local time (02:27, 25 December 2016 (UTC) ()) from the Black Sea resort city of Sochi, Russia, where it had landed to refuel, bound for Syria. [5] Two minutes after takeoff, the aircraft crashed into the Black Sea, 1.5 kilometres (0.9 mi) from the coast.
The price of beef doubled from $1.50 per pound to $3.00 per pound, and raw bacon to $2.30 per pound. [13] ... The Tupolev Tu-154 took off from Alma-Ata ...