A plane crash in northwestern Iran on Wednesday involved the Tupolev Tu-154 airliner, a Russian-built workhorse which went into service in 1972. Here are some details about the Tu-154 and its safety ...

The Tupolev's Tu-154 (search) remains the standard medium range airliner on domestic flights in Russia and other former Soviet states and to a lesser extent in eastern Europe and Iran (search). The Tu ...

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 ...

Recent fatal plane crashes involved the Soviet-built Tupolev-154. – April 10, 2010: The Polish presidential plane crashes on approach to Smolensk airport, Russia, killing all on board. – July 15, 2009 ...

RUSSIA'S transport authority will recommend the grounding of the workhorse Tu-154 airplane after a jet exploded on a runway, the latest in a string of Tupolev accidents. Three people died on Saturday ...

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. Although ...

The Russian Tupolev Tu-150 airline model which includes the one that crashed in the Black Sea with 92 people on board is that it is a mid-sized commercial jet first flown in 1972 which makes it one of ...

A Tupolev Tu-154 stands on the tarmac of the Chkalovsky military airport north of Moscow, Russia, Jan. 15, 2015. REUTERS/Dmitry Petrochenko UPDATE: 1:51 a.m. EDT — A body of a passenger of the crashed ...

(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 ...

(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 ...