Tupolev plane crashes

270 crashes involving Tupolev aircraft since 1929, with 7,732 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.

Crashes: 270
Fatal crashes: 172
Fatalities: 7,732
First recorded: August 9, 1929
Most recent: September 29, 2026

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)

Models

Countries

Years

1988 (16)
1981 (14)
1973 (13)
1980 (12)
1986 (12)
1976 (8)
1977 (8)
1984 (8)
1992 (8)
1971 (6)
1978 (6)
1979 (6)

All crashes (page 1 of 3)

September 29, 2026: Tupolev TU-95, Krasnoyarovo, Amur oblast, Russia (8 fatalities)
June 15, 2026: Tu-22M3, Kamenka, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia (0 fatalities)
January 8, 2022: Tupolev TU-204, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China (0 fatalities)
December 25, 2016: Tupolev TU-154, Sochi-Adler, Krasnodar Krai, Russia (92 fatalities)
July 14, 2015: Tupolev TU-95, Litovko, Khabarovsk Krai, Russia (2 fatalities)
June 8, 2015: Tupolev TU-95, Ukrainka AFB, Amur oblast, Russia (2 fatalities)
December 29, 2012: Tupolev TU-204, Moscow-Vnukovo, Moscow oblast, Russia (5 fatalities)
December 28, 2011: Tupolev TU-134, Osh, Osh City, Kyrgyzstan (0 fatalities)
June 20, 2011: Tupolev TU-134, Petrozavodsk, Republic of Karelia, Russia (47 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)
March 22, 2010: Tupolev TU-204, Moscow-Domodedovo, Moscow oblast, Russia (0 fatalities)
January 24, 2010: Tupolev TU-154, Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan, Iran (0 fatalities)
November 6, 2009: Tupolev TU-142, Tatar Strait, Sakhalin oblast, Russia (11 fatalities)
July 15, 2009: Tupolev TU-154, Qazvin, Qazvin, Iran (168 fatalities)
March 26, 2009: Tupolev TU-134, Dolinsk-Sokol AFB, Sakhalin oblast, Russia (0 fatalities)
June 30, 2008: Tupolev TU-154, Saint Petersburg-Pulkovo, Leningrad oblast, Russia (0 fatalities)
March 17, 2007: Tupolev TU-134, Samara-Kurumoch, Samara oblast, Russia (6 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)
July 10, 2006: Tupolev TU-134, Simferopol-Gvardeyskoye AFB, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ukraine (0 fatalities)
August 24, 2004: Tupolev TU-154, Gluboki, Rostov oblast, Russia (46 fatalities)
August 24, 2004: Tupolev TU-134, Buchalki, Tula oblast, Russia (44 fatalities)
June 24, 2003: Tupolev TU-134, Nyagan, Khantia-Mansia okrug, Russia (0 fatalities)
July 1, 2002: Tupolev TU-154, Überlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (69 fatalities)
March 4, 2002: Tupolev TU-134, Mozdok, Republic of North Ossetia, Russia (0 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)
September 3, 1997: Tupolev TU-134, Phnom Penh-Pochentong, Phnom Penh, Cambodia (65 fatalities)
November 16, 1996: Tupolev TU-134, Đà Nẵng, Đà Nẵng City District, Vietnam (0 fatalities)
August 29, 1996: Tupolev TU-154, Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway (141 fatalities)
December 7, 1995: Tupolev TU-154, Grossevichi, Khabarovsk Krai, Russia (98 fatalities)
December 5, 1995: Tupolev TU-134, Nakhchivan, Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan (52 fatalities)
June 24, 1995: Tupolev TU-134, Lagos-Murtala Muhammed, Lagos, Nigeria (15 fatalities)
April 15, 1995: Tupolev TU-134, Lima-Callao-Jorge Chávez, Lima, Peru (0 fatalities)
January 21, 1995: Tupolev TU-154, Karachi-Muhammad Ali Jinnah-Quaid-e-Azam, Sindh, Pakistan (0 fatalities)
September 9, 1994: Tupolev TU-134, Samoylikha, Moscow oblast, Russia (8 fatalities)
June 6, 1994: Tupolev TU-154, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China (160 fatalities)
May 7, 1994: Tupolev TU-134, Arkhangelsk-Talagi, Arkhangelsk oblast, Russia (0 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 23, 1993: Tupolev TU-134, Sukhumi-Babushara, Abkhazia, Georgia (1 fatality)
September 22, 1993: Tupolev TU-154, Sukhumi-Babushara, Abkhazia, Georgia (108 fatalities)
September 21, 1993: Tupolev TU-134, Sukhumi-Babushara, Abkhazia, Georgia (27 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)
August 29, 1992: Tupolev TU-134, Kharkiv-Osnova, Kharkiv oblast, Ukraine (0 fatalities)
August 27, 1992: Tupolev TU-134, Ivanovo-Yuzhny, Ivanovo oblast, Russia (84 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)
January 24, 1992: Tupolev TU-134, Batumi, Adjara, Georgia (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)
January 12, 1991: Tupolev TU-134, Ho Chi Minh-City, Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh City District, Vietnam (0 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)
January 13, 1990: Tupolev TU-134, Pervouralsk, Sverdlovsk oblast, Russia (27 fatalities)
July 28, 1989: Tupolev TU-134, Ulan-Ude, Republic of Buryatia, Russia (0 fatalities)
July 28, 1989: Tupolev TU-134, Ulan-Ude, Republic of Buryatia, Russia (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)
October 11, 1988: Tupolev TU-134, Prague-Ruzyne, Prague, Czech Republic (0 fatalities)
October 11, 1988: Tupolev TU-134, Prague-Ruzyne, Prague, Czech Republic (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)
September 9, 1988: Tupolev TU-134, Bangkok-Don Mueang, Bangkok City District, Thailand (76 fatalities)
September 9, 1988: Tupolev TU-134, Bangkok-Don Mueang, Bangkok City District, Thailand (76 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)
February 27, 1988: Tupolev TU-134, Surgut, Khantia-Mansia okrug, Russia (20 fatalities)
February 27, 1988: Tupolev TU-134, Surgut, Khantia-Mansia okrug, Russia (20 fatalities)
February 17, 1988: Tupolev TU-134, Hanoi-Nội Bài, Hà Nội City District, Vietnam (0 fatalities)
February 17, 1988: Tupolev TU-134, Hanoi-Nội Bài, Hà Nội City District, Vietnam (0 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)
January 9, 1987: Tupolev TU-16, Shalamcheh, Khuzestan, Iran (5 fatalities)
January 9, 1987: Tupolev TU-16, Shalamcheh, Khuzestan, Iran (5 fatalities)
December 12, 1986: Tupolev TU-134, Berlin-Schönefeld, Berlin, Germany (72 fatalities)
December 12, 1986: Tupolev TU-134, Berlin-Schönefeld, Berlin, Germany (72 fatalities)
October 20, 1986: Tupolev TU-134, Kuybyshev, Samara oblast, Russia (70 fatalities)
October 20, 1986: Tupolev TU-134, Kuybyshev, Samara oblast, Russia (70 fatalities)
October 19, 1986: Tupolev TU-134, Komatipoort, Mpumalanga, South Africa (34 fatalities)
October 19, 1986: Tupolev TU-134, Komatipoort, Mpumalanga, South Africa (34 fatalities)
July 2, 1986: Tupolev TU-134, Vizinga, Republic of Komi, Russia (54 fatalities)
July 2, 1986: Tupolev TU-134, Vizinga, Republic of Komi, Russia (54 fatalities)
June 22, 1986: Tupolev TU-134, Penza, Penza oblast, Russia (1 fatality)