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Aircraft type

Tupolev TU-154

Occurrences involving a Tupolev TU-154, with variants merged.

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Occurrences5548 accidents · 1 incidents · 49 mapped
Fatal occurrences42Fatality total known for 54 of 55
Reported fatalities3,183Plus 0 serious injuries reported
Years1973–201619 Feb 1973 – 25 Dec 2016

By year

Tupolev TU-154: occurrences by year
YearOccurrencesFatal occurrencesFatalities
19731 occurrences in 1973, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1978 (4).166
19741 occurrences in 1974, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1978 (4).16
19751 occurrences in 1975, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1978 (4).160
19761 occurrences in 1976, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1978 (4).146
19771 occurrences in 1977, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1978 (4).159
19784 occurrences in 1978, 2 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1978 (4).28
19803 occurrences in 1980, 2 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1978 (4).2167
19812 occurrences in 1981, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1978 (4).199
19842 occurrences in 1984, 2 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1978 (4).2288
19851 occurrences in 1985, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1978 (4).1200
19861 occurrences in 1986, 0 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1978 (4).00
19882 occurrences in 1988, 2 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1978 (4).220
19891 occurrences in 1989, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1978 (4).15
19902 occurrences in 1990, 0 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1978 (4).00
19911 occurrences in 1991, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1978 (4).113
19922 occurrences in 1992, 2 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1978 (4).229
19932 occurrences in 1993, 2 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1978 (4).2269
19942 occurrences in 1994, 2 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1978 (4).2285
19951 occurrences in 1995, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1978 (4).198
19962 occurrences in 1996, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1978 (4).1141
19972 occurrences in 1997, 2 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1978 (4).2118
19981 occurrences in 1998, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1978 (4).180
19991 occurrences in 1999, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1978 (4).161
20002 occurrences in 2000, 0 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1978 (4).00
20013 occurrences in 2001, 3 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1978 (4).3226
20022 occurrences in 2002, 2 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1978 (4).2190
20041 occurrences in 2004, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1978 (4).190
20062 occurrences in 2006, 2 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1978 (4).2198
20081 occurrences in 2008, 0 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1978 (4).00
20091 occurrences in 2009, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1978 (4).1168
20104 occurrences in 2010, 2 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1978 (4).298
20111 occurrences in 2011, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1978 (4).13
20161 occurrences in 2016, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1978 (4).192

Countries

Tupolev TU-154: countries
CountryOccurrencesShareFatal occurrencesFatalities
RussiaRussia: 12 occurrences, 21.8% of the occurrences shown. 9 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row.21.8%9652
Soviet UnionSoviet Union: 11 occurrences, 20.0% of the occurrences shown. 8 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (Russia, 12).20.0%8779
IranIran: 5 occurrences, 9.1% of the occurrences shown. 4 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (Russia, 12).9.1%4448
CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia: 3 occurrences, 5.5% of the occurrences shown. 1 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (Russia, 12).5.5%166
ChinaChina: 2 occurrences, 3.6% of the occurrences shown. 2 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (Russia, 12).3.6%2221
GeorgiaGeorgia: 2 occurrences, 3.6% of the occurrences shown. 2 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (Russia, 12).3.6%2164
UnknownUnknown: 2 occurrences, 3.6% of the occurrences shown. 2 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (Russia, 12).3.6%289
BulgariaBulgaria: 1 occurrences, 1.8% of the occurrences shown. 0 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (Russia, 12).1.8%00
EcuadorEcuador: 1 occurrences, 1.8% of the occurrences shown. 1 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (Russia, 12).1.8%180
EgyptEgypt: 1 occurrences, 1.8% of the occurrences shown. 1 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (Russia, 12).1.8%16

Deadliest occurrences

Tupolev TU-154: deadliest occurrences
OccurrenceDateTotal fatalitiesLocationAircraft
Aeroflot Flight 514310 Jul 1985200Kyzylkum Desert, near Uchquduq, Uzbek SSR1
Aeroflot Flight 335211 Oct 1984178Omsk Airport, Omsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union1
Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Flight 61222 Aug 2006170Sukha Balka, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine1
Caspian Airlines Flight 790815 Jul 2009168Jannatabad, Qazvin, Iran1
Aeroflot Flight 42258 Jul 1980166Near Almaty International Airport, Almaty, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union1
China Northwest Airlines Flight 23036 Jun 1994160Near Xi'an, China1
Vladivostok Air Flight 3524 Jul 2001145Burdakovka, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia1
Vnukovo Airlines Flight 280129 Aug 1996141Operafjellet, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway1
1993 Sukhumi airliner attacks20 Sept 1993136Georgia, Black Sea3
1993 Tehran mid-air collision8 Feb 1993133Shahr-e Qods, Tehran Province, Iran2

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  1. 2016 Russian Defence Ministry Tupolev Tu-154 crash

    25 Dec 2016 · Black Sea, approx 1.5 km off the coast from Sochi, Russia 288 km off the coast from Trabzon, Turkey · 92 fatal

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  2. Kolavia Flight 348

    1 Jan 2011 · Surgut International Airport, Surgut, Russia · 3 fatal

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  3. Dagestan Airlines Flight 372

    4 Dec 2010 · Domodedovo International Airport, Moscow, Russia · 2 fatal

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  4. Alrosa Flight 514

    7 Sept 2010 · Izhma Airport, Russia

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  5. Smolensk air disaster

    10 Apr 2010 · near Smolensk North Airport, Smolensk, Russia · 96 fatal

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  6. Taban Air Flight 6437

    24 Jan 2010 · Mashhad International Airport, Mashhad, Iran

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  7. Caspian Airlines Flight 7908

    15 Jul 2009 · Jannatabad, Qazvin, Iran · 168 fatal

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  8. Aeroflot Flight 846

    30 Jun 2008 · Pulkovo Airport, Saint Petersburg, Russia

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  9. Iran Airtour Flight 945

    1 Sept 2006 · Mashhad International Airport, Mashhad, Iran · 28 fatal

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  10. Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Flight 612

    22 Aug 2006 · Sukha Balka, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine · 170 fatal

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  11. 2004 Russian aircraft bombings

    24 Aug 2004 · Tula and Rostov Oblasts, Russia · 90 fatal · not on the map

  12. 2002 Überlingen mid-air collision

    1 Jul 2002 · Überlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany · 71 fatal

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  13. Iran Airtour Flight 956

    12 Feb 2002 · Mount Sefid Kuh, Kermanshah, Iran · 119 fatal

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  14. Siberia Airlines Flight 1812

    4 Oct 2001 · Black Sea · 78 fatal

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  15. Vladivostok Air Flight 352

    4 Jul 2001 · Burdakovka, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia · 145 fatal

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  16. Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2806

    15 Mar 2001 · Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz International Airport, Medina, Saudi Arabia · 3 fatal

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  17. Malév Flight 262

    4 Jul 2000 · Thessaloniki Airport, Thermi, Greece

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  18. Tu-154 emergency landing in Novosibirsk

    12 Jan 2000 · Tolmachevo Airport, Novosibirsk (Russia)

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  19. China Southwest Airlines Flight 4509

    24 Feb 1999 · Rui'an, Zhejiang, China · 61 fatal

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  20. Cubana de Aviación Flight 389

    29 Aug 1998 · Near Mariscal Sucre International Airport, Quito, Ecuador · 80 fatal

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  21. Tajikistan Airlines Flight 3183

    15 Dec 1997 · Near Sharjah Airport, United Arab Emirates · 85 fatal

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  22. 1997 Namibia mid-air collision

    13 Sept 1997 · 65 nmi west of Namibia · 33 fatal

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  23. Hemus Air Flight 7081

    3 Sept 1996 · Varna, Bulgaria · not on the map

  24. Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801

    29 Aug 1996 · Operafjellet, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway · 141 fatal

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  25. Khabarovsk United Air Group Flight 3949

    7 Dec 1995 · Bo-Dzhausa Mountain · 98 fatal

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  26. China Northwest Airlines Flight 2303

    6 Jun 1994 · Near Xi'an, China · 160 fatal

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  27. Baikal Airlines Flight 130

    3 Jan 1994 · Mamony, near International Airport Irkutsk, Irkutsk, Russia · 125 fatal

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  28. 1993 Sukhumi airliner attacks

    20 Sept 1993 · Georgia, Black Sea · 136 fatal

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  29. 1993 Tehran mid-air collision

    8 Feb 1993 · Shahr-e Qods, Tehran Province, Iran · 133 fatal

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  30. 1992 Tbilisi Tupolev Tu-154 crash

    20 Jul 1992 · Tbilisi-Novo Alexeyevka Airport, Tbilisi, Georgia · 28 fatal

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  31. Bratsk Airport fire (1992)

    19 Jun 1992 · Bratsk Airport (Russia) · 1 fatal

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  32. Aeroflot Flight 8556

    23 May 1991 · Leningrad-Pulkovo Airport, Leningrad, Russian SSR, Soviet Union · 13 fatal

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  33. 1990 Dubenec Tupolev Tu-154 crash

    17 Nov 1990 · near Dubenec, Trutnov District, Hradec Králové Region, Czechoslovakia

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  34. Hijacking of a Tu-154 to Pakistan

    19 Aug 1990 · Chulman, Neryungri (Yakut ASSR, RSFSR, USSR), Yemelyanovo, Krasnoyarsk (RSFSR, USSR), Yuzhny, Tashkent (Uzbek SSR, USSR), Jinnah, Karachi (Pakistan)

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  35. Tu-154 crash in Bucharest

    9 Feb 1989 · near Bucharest-Otopeni Airport (Romania) · 5 fatal · not on the map

  36. Aeroflot Flight 3739 (1988)

    8 Mar 1988 · Veshevo Air Base, Veshchevo, Vyborgsky District, Leningrad Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR · 9 fatal

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  37. Aeroflot Flight 699

    18 Jan 1988 · Krasnovodsk Airport · 11 fatal

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  38. Tu-154 accident over Domodedovo

    21 May 1986 · near Maryino and Domodedovo airport, Moscow Oblast (RSFSR, USSR) · not on the map

  39. Aeroflot Flight 5143

    10 Jul 1985 · Kyzylkum Desert, near Uchquduq, Uzbek SSR · 200 fatal

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  40. Aeroflot Flight 3519

    23 Dec 1984 · Krasnoyarsk Airport, near Krasnoyarsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union · 110 fatal

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  41. Aeroflot Flight 3352

    11 Oct 1984 · Omsk Airport, Omsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union · 178 fatal

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  42. Aeroflot Flight 3603

    17 Nov 1981 · Noril'sk Airport, Noril'sk, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Soviet Union · 99 fatal

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  43. Malév Flight 641

    21 Oct 1981 · Prague Airport, Ruzyně, Prague, Czechoslovakia

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  44. 1980 Nouadhibou Tupolev Tu-154 crash

    7 Aug 1980 · near Nouadhibou International Airport, Nouadhibou, Mauritania · 1 fatal · not on the map

  45. Aeroflot Flight 4225

    8 Jul 1980 · Near Almaty International Airport, Almaty, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union · 166 fatal

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  46. Aeroflot Flight 3324

    1 Mar 1980 · Orenburg Airport, Orenburg, USSR

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  47. Tu-154 incident in Stockholm (1978)

    14 Nov 1978 · 268 m from Arlanda Airport, Stockholm County (Sweden)

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  48. Aeroflot Flight 6709

    19 May 1978 · Near Maksatikha, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union · 4 fatal

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  49. Tu-154 crash near Damascus

    23 Mar 1978 · 22 km NE of Damascus (Syria) · 4 fatal

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  50. Tu-154 fire at Tolmachevo

    18 Feb 1978 · Tolmachevo Airport, Novosibirsk (RSFSR, USSR)

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