Tupolev TU-154 crashes

81 crashes involving the Tupolev TU-154 since 1973, with 3,872 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.

Crashes: 81
Fatal crashes: 49
Fatalities: 3,872
First recorded: February 19, 1973
Most recent: December 25, 2016

Deadliest

July 10, 1985: Tupolev TU-154, Ushquduq, Navoiy Province, Uzbekistan (200 fatalities)
July 10, 1985: Tupolev TU-154, Ushquduq, Navoiy Province, Uzbekistan (200 fatalities)
October 11, 1984: Tupolev TU-154, Omsk-Intl, Omsk oblast, Russia (178 fatalities)
October 11, 1984: Tupolev TU-154, Omsk-Intl, Omsk oblast, Russia (178 fatalities)
August 22, 2006: Tupolev TU-154, Novgorodskoye, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine (170 fatalities)

Countries

Years

1980 (8)
1988 (8)
1981 (6)
1992 (5)
1984 (4)
1989 (4)
1993 (4)
1978 (3)
2010 (3)
1973 (2)
1976 (2)
1985 (2)

All crashes

December 25, 2016: Tupolev TU-154, Sochi-Adler, Krasnodar Krai, Russia (92 fatalities)
January 1, 2011: Tupolev TU-154, Surgut, Khantia-Mansia okrug, Russia (3 fatalities)
December 4, 2010: Tupolev TU-154, Moscow-Domodedovo, Moscow oblast, Russia (2 fatalities)
April 10, 2010: Tupolev TU-154, Smolensk, Smolensk oblast, Russia (96 fatalities)
January 24, 2010: Tupolev TU-154, Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan, Iran (0 fatalities)
July 15, 2009: Tupolev TU-154, Qazvin, Qazvin, Iran (168 fatalities)
June 30, 2008: Tupolev TU-154, Saint Petersburg-Pulkovo, Leningrad oblast, Russia (0 fatalities)
September 1, 2006: Tupolev TU-154, Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan, Iran (28 fatalities)
August 22, 2006: Tupolev TU-154, Novgorodskoye, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine (170 fatalities)
August 24, 2004: Tupolev TU-154, Gluboki, Rostov oblast, Russia (46 fatalities)
July 1, 2002: Tupolev TU-154, Überlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (69 fatalities)
February 12, 2002: Tupolev TU-154, Khorramabad, Lorestan, Iran (119 fatalities)
October 4, 2001: Tupolev TU-154, Black Sea, World (78 fatalities)
July 4, 2001: Tupolev TU-154, Burdakovka, Irkutsk oblast, Russia (145 fatalities)
July 4, 2000: Tupolev TU-154, Thessaloniki, Thessaly, Greece (0 fatalities)
February 24, 1999: Tupolev TU-154, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China (61 fatalities)
August 29, 1998: Tupolev TU-154, Quito-Mariscal Sucre (City), Pichincha, Ecuador (80 fatalities)
December 15, 1997: Tupolev TU-154, Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (85 fatalities)
September 13, 1997: Tupolev TU-154, Atlantic Ocean, World (24 fatalities)
August 29, 1996: Tupolev TU-154, Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway (141 fatalities)
December 7, 1995: Tupolev TU-154, Grossevichi, Khabarovsk Krai, Russia (98 fatalities)
January 21, 1995: Tupolev TU-154, Karachi-Muhammad Ali Jinnah-Quaid-e-Azam, Sindh, Pakistan (0 fatalities)
June 6, 1994: Tupolev TU-154, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China (160 fatalities)
January 3, 1994: Tupolev TU-154, Irkutsk, Irkutsk oblast, Russia (125 fatalities)
December 25, 1993: Tupolev TU-154, Grozny, Republic of Chechnya, Russia (0 fatalities)
September 22, 1993: Tupolev TU-154, Sukhumi-Babushara, Abkhazia, Georgia (108 fatalities)
February 8, 1993: Tupolev TU-154, Tehran-Mehrabad, Tehran City District, Iran (131 fatalities)
January 9, 1993: Tupolev TU-154, New Delhi-Indira Gandhi, National Capital Territory of Delhi, India (0 fatalities)
December 5, 1992: Tupolev TU-154, Yerevan-Zvartnots, Armavir, Armenia (0 fatalities)
October 13, 1992: Tupolev TU-154, Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai, Russia (0 fatalities)
September 5, 1992: Tupolev TU-154, Kiev-Borispol, Kiev oblast, Ukraine (0 fatalities)
July 20, 1992: Tupolev TU-154, Tbilisi-Shota-Rustaveli (ex Novo Alekseyevka), Tbilisi City District, Georgia (28 fatalities)
June 5, 1992: Tupolev TU-154, Varna, Varna, Bulgaria (0 fatalities)
September 14, 1991: Tupolev TU-154, Mexico City-Benito Juarez, Federal District of Mexico City, Mexico (0 fatalities)
May 23, 1991: Tupolev TU-154, Leningrad-Pulkovo, Leningrad oblast, Russia (13 fatalities)
November 17, 1990: Tupolev TU-154, Velichovská, Hradec Králové Region, Czech Republic (0 fatalities)
October 20, 1990: Tupolev TU-154, Kutaisi, Imereti, Georgia (0 fatalities)
February 9, 1989: Tupolev TU-154, Bucharest-Otopeni-Henri Coandă, București, Romania (5 fatalities)
February 9, 1989: Tupolev TU-154, Bucharest-Otopeni-Henri Coandă, București, Romania (5 fatalities)
January 13, 1989: Tupolev TU-154, Monrovia-Roberts, Margibi (Gibi & Marshall), Liberia (0 fatalities)
January 13, 1989: Tupolev TU-154, Monrovia-Roberts, Margibi (Gibi & Marshall), Liberia (0 fatalities)
September 24, 1988: Tupolev TU-154, Aleppo, Aleppo Governorate, Syria (0 fatalities)
September 24, 1988: Tupolev TU-154, Norilsk-Alykel, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia (0 fatalities)
September 24, 1988: Tupolev TU-154, Aleppo, Aleppo Governorate, Syria (0 fatalities)
September 24, 1988: Tupolev TU-154, Norilsk-Alykel, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia (0 fatalities)
March 8, 1988: Tupolev TU-154, Veshchevo AFB, Leningrad oblast, Russia (9 fatalities)
March 8, 1988: Tupolev TU-154, Veshchevo AFB, Leningrad oblast, Russia (9 fatalities)
January 18, 1988: Tupolev TU-154, Krasnovodsk, Balkan Province, Turkmenistan (11 fatalities)
January 18, 1988: Tupolev TU-154, Krasnovodsk, Balkan Province, Turkmenistan (11 fatalities)
May 21, 1986: Tupolev TU-154, Moscow-Sheremetyevo, Moscow oblast, Russia (0 fatalities)
May 21, 1986: Tupolev TU-154, Moscow-Sheremetyevo, Moscow oblast, Russia (0 fatalities)
July 10, 1985: Tupolev TU-154, Ushquduq, Navoiy Province, Uzbekistan (200 fatalities)
July 10, 1985: Tupolev TU-154, Ushquduq, Navoiy Province, Uzbekistan (200 fatalities)
December 23, 1984: Tupolev TU-154, Krasnoyarsk-Sheremshanka, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia (110 fatalities)
December 23, 1984: Tupolev TU-154, Krasnoyarsk-Sheremshanka, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia (110 fatalities)
October 11, 1984: Tupolev TU-154, Omsk-Intl, Omsk oblast, Russia (178 fatalities)
October 11, 1984: Tupolev TU-154, Omsk-Intl, Omsk oblast, Russia (178 fatalities)
November 16, 1981: Tupolev TU-154, Norilsk-Alykel, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia (99 fatalities)
November 16, 1981: Tupolev TU-154, Norilsk-Alykel, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia (99 fatalities)
October 21, 1981: Tupolev TU-154, Prague-Ruzyne, Prague, Czech Republic (0 fatalities)
October 21, 1981: Tupolev TU-154, Prague-Ruzyne, Prague, Czech Republic (0 fatalities)
June 13, 1981: Tupolev TU-154, Bratsk, Irkutsk oblast, Russia (0 fatalities)
June 13, 1981: Tupolev TU-154, Bratsk, Irkutsk oblast, Russia (0 fatalities)
October 8, 1980: Tupolev TU-154, Chita-Kadala, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia (0 fatalities)
October 8, 1980: Tupolev TU-154, Chita-Kadala, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia (0 fatalities)
August 7, 1980: Tupolev TU-154, Nouadhibou, Dakhlet Nouadhibou, Mauritania (1 fatality)
August 7, 1980: Tupolev TU-154, Nouadhibou, Dakhlet Nouadhibou, Mauritania (1 fatality)
July 8, 1980: Tupolev TU-154, Almaty, Almaty Province, Kazakhstan (166 fatalities)
July 8, 1980: Tupolev TU-154, Almaty, Almaty Province, Kazakhstan (166 fatalities)
March 1, 1980: Tupolev TU-154, Orenburg, Orenburg oblast, Russia (0 fatalities)
March 1, 1980: Tupolev TU-154, Orenburg, Orenburg oblast, Russia (0 fatalities)
May 19, 1978: Tupolev TU-154, Maksatikha Tver oblast, Russia (4 fatalities)
March 23, 1978: Tupolev TU-154, Damascus Damascus Governorate, Syria (4 fatalities)
February 18, 1978: Tupolev TU-154, Novosibirsk-Tolmachevo Novosibirsk oblast, Russia (0 fatalities)
December 2, 1977: Tupolev TU-154, Al Bayda Jabal al Akhdar, Libya (59 fatalities)
December 31, 1976: Tupolev TU-154, Kiev-Borispol Kiev oblast, Ukraine (0 fatalities)
June 1, 1976: Tupolev TU-154, Malabo Bioko Norte Province (Malabo), Equatorial Guinea (45 fatalities)
September 30, 1975: Tupolev TU-154, Beirut Beirut Governorate, Lebanon (60 fatalities)
July 9, 1974: Tupolev TU-154, Cairo-Intl Cairo, Egypt (6 fatalities)
May 7, 1973: Tupolev TU-154, Moscow-Vnukovo Moscow oblast, Russia (0 fatalities)
February 19, 1973: Tupolev TU-154, Prague-Ruzyne Prague, Czech Republic (66 fatalities)