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 from ...

Russian investigators have retrieved the cockpit-voice recorder of the crashed Dagestan Airline Tupolev Tu-154M in Moscow, nearly a week after the accident. The Interstate Aviation Committee (MAK) ...

The BBC described the model’s use in detail: The Tupolev-154 has for more than a quarter of a century been the backbone of Russia and the Soviet Union’s air transport system. It has carried half 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 ...

One of the finest World War II bombers has a very unusual history - it was designed in a Gulag camp. The aircraft’s creator, Andrey Tupolev, and his colleagues were sentenced in 1937 for ...

Russia’s last Tupolev Tu-154 in civil operation has conducted its final flight, with a service from Mirny to Novosibirsk. Mirny-based carrier Alrosa performed the flight with aircraft RA-85757 on 28 ...

This video captures the Ilyushin Il-62 and Tupolev Tu-154, stalwarts of Soviet-era aviation, alongside modern assets like the Ka-52 'Alligator' attack helicopter and the Il-22PP 'Porubshchik' ...

Belavia Belarusian Airlines will retire its Tupolev Tu-154 aircraft on Dec. 28. The Minsk-based carrier’s fleet includes three of the type—one Tu-154 is already out of service and two operate charter ...

Fragments of the body of the Tupolev Tu-154 aircraft of the Russian Defense Ministry have been found 1.5 kilometers off Sochi in the Black Sea at the depth of 50-70 meters, the ministry's spokesperson ...