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The Tu-134 was designed for short-haul lines with low passenger traffic. Originally the aircraft had 56 seats in a single class configuration, or 50 seats in a two-class configuration. In 1968, Tupolev began work on an improved Tu-134 variant with a 76-seat capacity.
A Tu-134AK (RA-65760) operated by the Gromov Flight Research Institute (LII) of the Ministry of Aviation Industry (MAP) was acting as a photographic chase aircraft to Tupolev Tu-22M3-LL 32 red when both aircraft collided over Samoyliha, Shatura District at 3,000 m (9,843 ft); the Tu-134 suffered severe damage to the stabilizer and it crashed ...
On 19 October 1986, a Tupolev Tu-134 jetliner with a Soviet crew carrying President Samora Machel and 43 others from Mbala, Zambia to the Mozambican capital Maputo crashed at Mbuzini, South Africa. Nine passengers and one crew member survived the crash, but President Machel and 33 others died, including several ministers and senior officials of ...
This is a list of aircraft produced by Tupolev, a Russian aircraft manufacturer. Tupolev aircraft Early aircraft ... Tu-134: SST project developed from the Tu-106, 1960;
Pages in category "Accidents and incidents involving the Tupolev Tu-134" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The aircraft involved were both Tupolev Tu-134As on scheduled domestic passenger flights, operated by Aeroflot. All 178 people aboard both aircraft died in the accident. The official Soviet aviation board investigation of the accident concluded that the crash was caused by "mistakes and violations" made by air traffic controllers. [1]
Malév Flight 203 was a passenger flight operated by a Tupolev Tu-134 aircraft of the Hungarian airline Malév. On 21 September 1977, the flight crashed approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi) east of Otopeni Airport in Bucharest and 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) southwest of Urziceni. The crash resulted in the deaths of 29 people.
The aircraft Tupolev Tu-134, tail number LZ-TUB, was produced in 1968 by the Kharkiv State Aircraft Manufacturing Company.It belonged to Balkan Bulgarian Airlines, and had 72 passenger seats and room for seven crew. [4]