Tupolev Tu-154
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Tupolev Tu-154

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Date	Tail number	Aircraft type	Location	Fatalities	Description	Refs

19 February 1973	CCCP-85023	Tu-154	Czech Republic Ruzyne International Airport	66/100	Aeroflot Flight 141 crashed 467 m (1,532 ft) short of the runway; the cause was not determined.

7 May 1973	CCCP-85030	Tu-154	Soviet Union Vnukovo Airport	0/6	Force-landed during a training flight following loss of engine power and severe vibrations after the aircraft took off with the inner spoilers deployed.

10 July 1974	SU-AXB	Tu-154	Egypt Cairo International Airport	6/6	Stalled and crashed during a training flight.

30 September 1975	HA-LCI	Tu-154A	Lebanon Beirut	60/60	Malév Flight 240 crashed in the sea on final approach in clear weather, allegedly shot down by one or two air-to-air missiles fired by either IDF or SDF forces.

1 June 1976	CCCP-85102	Tu-154A	Equatorial Guinea Bioko	46/46	Aeroflot Flight 418 crashed into a mountain on final approach; radar failure was blamed.

1976	CCCP-85020	Tu-154	Soviet Union Kiev	0	Rough landing, written off. This aircraft is now in the Ukraine Government Museum of Aviation.

2 December 1977	LZ-BTN	Tu-154A	Libya near Benghazi	59/165	Crashed due to fuel exhaustion while searching for an alternate airport after diverting due to fog. The aircraft was leased from Balkan Bulgarian Airlines.

23 March 1978	LZ-BTB	Tu-154B	Syria near Damascus	4/4	Crashed into high ground on final approach.

19 May 1978	CCCP-85169	Tu-154B	Soviet Union near Maksatikha	4/134	Aeroflot Flight 6709 crashed in a field after all three engines failed after the flight engineer accidentally shut off the automatic transferring of fuel of the sump tank.

30 June 1979	P-551	Tu-154B	Hungary Ferihegy International Airport	0	A Choson Minhang charter flight stalled while landing due to pilot error. The right landing gear collapsed and the right wing hit the ground, sustaining damage to the wing structure.

1 March 1980	CCCP-85103	Tu-154A	Soviet Union Orenburg Airport	0/161	Landed hard and broke in two after the crew deviated from the glide path while on approach.

8 July 1980	CCCP-85355	Tu-154B-2	Soviet Union Alma-Ata	166/166	Aeroflot Flight 4225 stalled and crashed on climb out after entering a downdraft. This accident remains the worst in Kazakhstan.

7 August 1980	YR-TPH	Tu-154B-1	Mauritania Nouadhibou Airport	1/168	Ditched 300 m (980 ft) short of the runway.

8 October 1980	CCCP-85321	Tu-154B-2	Soviet Union Chita Airport	0/184	Landed hard after coming in too high.	photo

13 June 1981	CCCP-85029	Tu-154	Soviet Union Bratsk Airport	0	Overran the runway on landing and broke in two.

21 October 1981	HA-LCF	Tu-154B	Czech Republic Ruzyne Airport	0/81	Malev Flight 641 crashed on the runway and broke in two after deploying the spoilers at low altitude following a too-high approach.

16 November 1981	CCCP-85480	Tu-154B-2	Soviet Union Norilsk Airport	99/167	Aeroflot Flight 3603 crashed 470 m short of runway due to overloading and crew error.

11 October 1984	CCCP-85243	Tu-154B-1	Soviet Union Omsk Airport	4+174/179	Aeroflot Flight 3352 crashed after colliding with maintenance vehicles on the runway due to ATC error. ATC personnel received prison sentences of 12–15 years.

23 December 1984	CCCP-85338	Tu-154B-2	Soviet Union Krasnoyarsk Airport	110/111	Aeroflot Flight 3519 crashed following double engine failure and in-flight fire.

10 July 1985	CCCP-85311	Tu-154B-2	Soviet Union Uchkuduk	200/200	Aeroflot Flight 7425 stalled and crashed due to crew errors and fatigue. This accident is the deadliest in Soviet history, the deadliest in Uzbekistan, and deadliest accident involving the Tu-154.

21 May 1986	CCCP-85327	Tu-154B-2	Soviet Union Domodedovo	0	Deformation of fuselage due to crew errors during flight after the crew forgot to turn on the pitot heating system.

18 January 1988	CCCP-85254	Tu-154B-1	Soviet Union Krasnovodsk Airport	11/143	Broke in three following a heavy landing.

8 March 1988	CCCP-85413	Tu-154B-2	Soviet Union Veshchevo	9/84	Aeroflot Flight 3739 was hijacked by the Ovechkin family.

24 September 1988	CCCP-85479	Tu-154B-2	Syria Aleppo Airport	0/168	Landed hard and left the runway after encountering light turbulence on approach.

13 January 1989	CCCP-85067	Tu-154S	Liberia Roberts International Airport	0	Overran runway and crashed following a rejected takeoff due to shifting cargo and overloading.

9 February 1989	YR-TPJ	Tu-154B-2	Romania Bucharest	5/5	Crashed on takeoff due to engine failure during a training flight.

20 October 1990	CCCP-85268	Tu-154B-2	Soviet Union Kutaisi Airport	0/171	Failed to takeoff and overran runway due to overloading and center of gravity problems; written off.

17 November 1990	CCCP-85664	Tu-154M	Czech Republic near Velichovky	0/6	Force-landed following a fire in the cargo hold and broke apart on landing.

23 May 1991	CCCP-85097	Tu-154B-1	Soviet Union Pulkovo Airport	2+13/178	Landed hard short of the runway, collapsing the right landing gear and broke apart after coming in too fast in rain.

14 September 1991	CU-T1227	Tu-154B-2	Mexico Benito Juarez International Airport	0/112	Cubana Flight 464 landed too late and overran the runway due to pilot error and poor visibility.

5 June 1992	LZ-BTD	Tu-154B	Bulgaria Varna Airport	0/130	Landed too late and overran the runway in bad weather.

June 1992	RA-85282	Tu-154B-1	Russia Bratsk Airport	0/0	Burned out during refueling. A second Tu-154 (RA-85234) also burned out.

20 July 1992	85222	Tu-154B	Georgia (country) Tbilisi	4+24/24	Failed to take off due to overloading and center of gravity problems, overran the runway, striking the localizer building, and ended up in a ravine.

1 August 1992	YA-TAP	Tu-154M	Afghanistan Kabul Airport	0/0	Destroyed during a mortar attack. The aircraft had been parked at the airport for repairs following an incident three months earlier.

5 September 1992	CCCP-85269	Tu-154B-1	Ukraine Borispol Airport	0/147	Emergency landing after the left main landing gear failed to extend.

13 October 1992	CCCP-85528	Tu-154B-2	Russia Vladivostok Airport	0/67	Failed to take off and overran the runway due to overloading and center of gravity problems.

5 December 1992	CCCP-85105	Tu-154A	Armenia Yerevan Airport	0/154	Veered off the runway on landing after the pilot mistook the runway edge lights for the centerline lights.

9 January 1993	85533	Tu-154B-2	India Indira Gandhi International Airport	0/165	Indian Airlines Flight 840 crashed on landing after striking some installations next to the runway; the tail and right wing later separated and the aircraft came to rest upside down.

8 February 1993	EP-ITD	Tu-154M	Iran near Tehran	2+131/131	Mid-air collision.

Unknown	Su-24

22 September 1993	85163	Tu-154B	Georgia (country) Babusheri Airport	108/132	Shot down and crashed on the runway. The accident remains the worst in Georgia.

23 September 1993	85359	Tu-154B-2	Georgia (country) Babusheri Airport	Unknown	Written off after suffering damage from mortar or artillery fire.

25 December 1993	RA-85296	Tu-154B-2	Russia Grozny Airport	0/172	Nosegear collapsed after landing in bad weather.

3 January 1994	RA-85656	Tu-154M	Russia near Mamony	1+124/124	Baikal Airlines Flight 130 crashed after an in-flight fire that started in the number two engine, caused by a starter failure.

6 June 1994	B-2610	Tu-154M	China Xian	160/160	China Northwest Airlines Flight 2303 broke apart in mid-air and crashed shortly after takeoff due to a maintenance error. The crash remains the worst in China.

21 January 1995	UN-85455	Tu-154B-2	Pakistan Karachi	0/117	Failed to take off and overran the runway due to overloading.

7 December 1995	RA-85164	Tu-154B	Russia near Khabarovsk	98/98	Khabarovsk United Air Group Flight 3949 crashed into a mountain following a loss of control after fuel was selected from the left wing tanks to counter a left wing-low attitude.

29 August 1996	RA-85621	Tu-154M	Norway Operafjellet	141/141	Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801 crashed into a mountain on final approach due to navigation errors. This accident remains the worst in Norway.

13 September 1997	11+02	Tu-154M	Namibia off Namibia	33/33	German Air Force Flight 074 collided in mid-air with a USAF C-141 due to pilot and ATC errors.

65-9405	C-141

15 December 1997	EY-85281	Tu-154B-1	United Arab Emirates Sharjah	85/86	Tajikistan Airlines Flight 3183 crashed in the desert due to pilot error and crew fatigue.

29 August 1998	CU-T1264	Tu-154M	Ecuador Quito	10+70/91	Cubana de Aviación Flight 389 failed to take off and overran the runway, crashing into a soccer field. Following problems before takeoff, the crew had forgotten to select the switches for the hydraulic valves of the control system.

24 February 1999	B-2622	Tu-154M	China Ruian	61/61	China Southwest Airlines Flight 4509 lost control and crashed after incorrect nuts in the elevator control system fell off, due to improper maintenance.

4 July 2000	HA-LCR	Tu-154B-2	Greece Thessaloniki	0/76	Malév Flight 262 touched down wheels-up while landing and skidded on runway, but was able to take off and land normally after a go-around.

4 July 2001	RA-85845	Tu-154M	Russia Burdakovka	145/145	Vladivostok Air Flight 352 stalled and crashed on final approach due to pilot error.

4 October 2001	RA-85693	Tu-154M	Black Sea off Sochi	78/78	Siberia Airlines Flight 1812 was accidentally shot down by an errant Ukrainian S-200 surface-to-air missile.

12 February 2002	EP-MBS	Tu-154M	Iran near Sarab-e Do Rah	119/119	Iran Air Tours Flight 956 struck a mountain on approach.

20 February 2002	EP-LBX	Tu-154M	Iran Mashhad International Airport	0	Landed hard, suffering substantial damage. The aircraft was ferried to Vnukovo for repairs where the nose gear collapsed while the aircraft was being towed.

1 July 2002	RA-85816	Tu-154M	Germany over Überlingen	2+69/69	Bashkirian Airlines Flight 2937 collided in mid-air with DHL Flight 611 due to errors of communication between instruction from ATC and Traffic collision avoidance system.

A9C-DHL	757-200

24 August 2004	RA-85556	Tu-154B-2	Russia near Gluboki	46/46	Sibir Airlines Flight 1047 crashed after it was bombed in mid-air by a suicide bomber, along with a Tu-134 on the same day.

22 August 2006	RA-85185	Tu-154M	Ukraine near Donetsk	170/170	Pulkovo Airlines Flight 612 stalled and crashed after the crew attempted to fly over a storm front. The aircraft entered turbulence and later stalled.

1 September 2006	EP-MCF	Tu-154M	Iran Mashhad International Airport	28/148	Iran Air Tours Flight 945 suffered a mishap while landing, possibly due to a blown nosegear tire. The aircraft swerved off the runway.

30 June 2008	RA-85667	Tu-154M	Russia Pulkovo Airport	0/112	The number one engine suffered an uncontained failure during takeoff and takeoff was aborted. The aircraft was parked at Pulkovo Airport after the incident and was broken up in August 2009.

15 July 2009	EP-CPG	Tu-154M	Iran near Qazvin	168/168	Caspian Airlines Flight 7908 lost control and crashed following an engine fire.

24 January 2010	RA-85787	Tu-154M	Iran Mashhad International Airport	0/170	Taban Air Flight 6437 crashed on landing after the captain declared a medical emergency due to a seriously ill passenger on board.

10 April 2010	101	Tu-154M	Russia near Smolensk	96/96	Crashed on final approach in thick fog on an airfield without ILS. Polish President Lech Kaczyński and other high-ranking officials were on board and died in the crash.

7 September 2010	RA-85684	Tu-154M	Russia Izhma Airport	0/81	Alrosa Mirny Air Enterprise Flight 514 made an emergency landing at a remote airfield after general electrical failure at 34,800 ft, overran the small runway and sustained minor damage with no injuries.

4 December 2010	RA-85744	Tu-154M	Russia Domodedovo Airport	2/170	Dagestan Airlines Flight 372 made an emergency landing after two engines failed shortly after takeoff; full of fuel. Overran the runway and broke up into three.

1 January 2011	RA-85588	Tu-154B-2	Russia Surgut International Airport	3/124	Kolavia Flight 348 caught fire while taxiing for takeoff.

25 December 2016	RA-85572	Tu-154B-2	Russia Black Sea, just off Sochi	92/92	Russian Defence Ministry flight crashed en route to Khmeimim, Syria, killing all 92 people (84 passengers and 8 crew members) on board, including 64 members of the Alexandrov Ensemble, an official army choir of the Russian Armed Forces

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CCCP-85020, a Tu-154, is at the Ukraine Aviation Museum.

final_sentence: CCCP-85020, a Tu-154, is at the Ukraine Aviation Museum.