Maxim Blinov/RIA Novosti A military Tu-154 aircraft heading for Syria crashed into the Black Sea. All those onboard were killed in the tragedy. Investigators are considering three theories ...

The Tupolev Tu-154 aircraft that crashed while carrying 92 people on board was one of Russia’s best known models. The plane, which was carrying 84 passengers and eight crew members, disappeared ...

Russia is reported to have grounded its Tu-154 planes until the cause of the crash in the Black Sea in which 92 people were killed has been identified. According to the Ifax news agency ...

Is the Tu-154 still safe, several decades after it was developed by Soviet engineers? According to one airplane safety rating list based on numbers of crashes per hours flown, the Tu-154 is in a ...

Max Vetrov / RIA Novosti Investigators have found the black box from the doomed military plane and are looking into the cause of the disaster. The testimony of an FSB border guard who claims to ...

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 ...

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The Tupolev aircraft maker's Tu-154, the type of plane that crashed Sunday in the Black Sea with 92 people on board, is an ageing Russian workhorse whose record is plagued with accidents.

The Tupolev aircraft maker's Tu-154, the type of plane that crashed in the Black Sea with 92 people on board, is an ageing Russian workhorse whose record is plagued with accidents. Although ...

Russian authorities had conducted an assessment of Smolensk on 16 March, to check that the airport was capable of handling Tu-154 and Tu-134 aircraft. On 25 March a subsequent flight test of the ...

Witness 27 exceptional aviation highlights from Moscow’s Sheremetyevo (SVO) and Vnukovo (VKO) Airports, featuring aircraft from Russia’s Special Flight Squadron, including FSB-operated Il-96s and ...