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

All crashes (page 2 of 3)

June 22, 1986: Tupolev TU-134, Penza, Penza oblast, Russia (1 fatality)
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)
May 3, 1985: Tupolev TU-134, Zolochiv, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine (79 fatalities)
May 3, 1985: Tupolev TU-134, Zolochiv, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine (79 fatalities)
February 1, 1985: Tupolev TU-134, Minsk-2, Minsk voblast, Belarus (58 fatalities)
February 1, 1985: Tupolev TU-134, Minsk-2, Minsk voblast, Belarus (58 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)
May 24, 1984: Tupolev TU-134, Donetsk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine (4 fatalities)
May 24, 1984: Tupolev TU-134, Donetsk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine (4 fatalities)
January 10, 1984: Tupolev TU-134, Sofia-Vrazhdebna, Sofia Province, Bulgaria (50 fatalities)
January 10, 1984: Tupolev TU-134, Sofia-Vrazhdebna, Sofia Province, Bulgaria (50 fatalities)
November 18, 1983: Tupolev TU-134, Tbilisi-Shota-Rustaveli (ex Novo Alekseyevka), Tbilisi City District, Georgia (7 fatalities)
November 18, 1983: Tupolev TU-134, Tbilisi-Shota-Rustaveli (ex Novo Alekseyevka), Tbilisi City District, Georgia (7 fatalities)
August 30, 1983: Tupolev TU-134, Almaty, Almaty Province, Kazakhstan (90 fatalities)
August 30, 1983: Tupolev TU-134, Almaty, Almaty Province, Kazakhstan (90 fatalities)
June 17, 1983: Tupolev TU-134, Yerevan, Yerevan, Armenia (0 fatalities)
June 17, 1983: Tupolev TU-134, Yerevan, Yerevan, Armenia (0 fatalities)
August 14, 1982: Tupolev TU-134, Sukhumi-Babushara, Abkhazia, Georgia (0 fatalities)
August 14, 1982: Tupolev TU-134, Sukhumi-Babushara, Abkhazia, Georgia (0 fatalities)
June 17, 1982: Tupolev TU-134, Severomorsk-Safonovo NAS, Murmansk oblast, Russia (15 fatalities)
June 17, 1982: Tupolev TU-134, Severomorsk-Safonovo NAS, Murmansk oblast, Russia (15 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)
August 24, 1981: Tupolev TU-16, Zavitinsk, Amur oblast, Russia (6 fatalities)
August 24, 1981: Tupolev TU-16, Zavitinsk, Amur oblast, Russia (6 fatalities)
June 28, 1981: Tupolev TU-134, Simferopol, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ukraine (0 fatalities)
June 28, 1981: Tupolev TU-134, Simferopol, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ukraine (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)
February 7, 1981: Tupolev TU-104, Pushkin AFB, Leningrad oblast, Russia (50 fatalities)
February 7, 1981: Tupolev TU-104, Pushkin AFB, Leningrad oblast, Russia (50 fatalities)
January 6, 1981: Tupolev TU-134, Sochi-Adler, Krasnodar Krai, Russia (0 fatalities)
January 6, 1981: Tupolev TU-134, Sochi-Adler, Krasnodar Krai, 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)
September 22, 1980: Tupolev TU-16, Ilam, Ilam, Iran (6 fatalities)
September 22, 1980: Tupolev TU-16, Ilam, Ilam, Iran (6 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)
January 23, 1980: Tupolev TU-134, Warsaw-Okęcie-Frederic Chopin, Masovian Voivodeship (Mazowieckie), Poland (0 fatalities)
January 23, 1980: Tupolev TU-134, Warsaw-Okęcie-Frederic Chopin, Masovian Voivodeship (Mazowieckie), Poland (0 fatalities)
August 29, 1979: Tupolev TU-124, Kirsanov Tambov oblast, Russia (63 fatalities)
August 11, 1979: Tupolev TU-134, Kurilovka Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine (94 fatalities)
May 31, 1979: Tupolev TU-134, Tyumen-Roshchino Tyumen oblast, Russia (0 fatalities)
May 19, 1979: Tupolev TU-134, Ufa Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia (0 fatalities)
March 22, 1979: Tupolev TU-134, Liepaja Courland (Kurzeme), Latvia (4 fatalities)
March 17, 1979: Tupolev TU-104, Moscow-Vnukovo Moscow oblast, Russia (59 fatalities)
August 28, 1978: Tupolev TU-16, Hopen Island Svalbard, Norway (7 fatalities)
May 23, 1978: Tupolev TU-144, Kladkovo Moscow oblast, Russia (2 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)
March 16, 1978: Tupolev TU-134, Gabare Vratsa, Bulgaria (73 fatalities)
February 18, 1978: Tupolev TU-154, Novosibirsk-Tolmachevo Novosibirsk oblast, Russia (0 fatalities)
December 31, 1977: Tupolev TU-124, Voroshilovgrad Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine (0 fatalities)
December 2, 1977: Tupolev TU-154, Al Bayda Jabal al Akhdar, Libya (59 fatalities)
November 22, 1977: Tupolev TU-134, Berlin-Schönefeld Berlin, Germany (0 fatalities)
November 5, 1977: Tupolev TU-124, Jorhat Assam, India (5 fatalities)
September 21, 1977: Tupolev TU-134, Urziceni Ialomița, Romania (29 fatalities)
April 2, 1977: Tupolev TU-134, Libreville Estuaire (Libreville), Gabon (8 fatalities)
January 13, 1977: Tupolev TU-104, Almaty Almaty Province, Kazakhstan (90 fatalities)
January 2, 1977: Tupolev TU-134, Prague-Ruzyne Prague, Czech Republic (0 fatalities)
December 31, 1976: Tupolev TU-104, Kiev-Borispol Kiev oblast, Ukraine (0 fatalities)
December 31, 1976: Tupolev TU-154, Kiev-Borispol Kiev oblast, Ukraine (0 fatalities)
November 28, 1976: Tupolev TU-104, Moscow-Sheremetyevo Moscow oblast, Russia (73 fatalities)
September 6, 1976: Tupolev TU-16, White Sea, Russia (5 fatalities)
July 17, 1976: Tupolev TU-104, Chita-Kadala Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia (0 fatalities)
June 1, 1976: Tupolev TU-154, Malabo Bioko Norte Province (Malabo), Equatorial Guinea (45 fatalities)
February 9, 1976: Tupolev TU-104, Irkutsk-Intl Irkutsk oblast, Russia (24 fatalities)
January 3, 1976: Tupolev TU-124, Moscow-Vnukovo Moscow oblast, Russia (62 fatalities)
September 30, 1975: Tupolev TU-154, Beirut Beirut Governorate, Lebanon (60 fatalities)
September 1, 1975: Tupolev TU-134, Leipzig-Halle Saxony, Germany (27 fatalities)
August 30, 1975: Tupolev TU-104, Novosibirsk-Tolmachevo Novosibirsk oblast, Russia (0 fatalities)
November 5, 1974: Tupolev TU-104, Chita-Kadala Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia (0 fatalities)
July 9, 1974: Tupolev TU-154, Cairo-Intl Cairo, Egypt (6 fatalities)
December 23, 1973: Tupolev TU-124, Vinniki Lviv Oblast, Ukraine (17 fatalities)
December 16, 1973: Tupolev TU-124, Karacharovo Tver oblast, Russia (51 fatalities)
December 7, 1973: Tupolev TU-104, Moscow-Domodedovo Moscow oblast, Russia (12 fatalities)
November 20, 1973: Tupolev TU-124, Kazan-Borisoglebskoye Republic of Tatarstan, Russia (0 fatalities)
October 13, 1973: Tupolev TU-104, Moscow-Domodedovo Moscow oblast, Russia (122 fatalities)
September 30, 1973: Tupolev TU-104, Sverdlovsk-Koltsovo Sverdlovsk oblast, Russia (108 fatalities)
August 29, 1973: Tupolev TU-104, Nicosia Nicosia, Cyprus (0 fatalities)
June 30, 1973: Tupolev TU-134, Amman Amman City District, Jordan (9 fatalities)
June 3, 1973: Tupolev TU-144, Goussainville Val-d'Oise, France (14 fatalities)
May 18, 1973: Tupolev TU-104, Chita Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia (81 fatalities)
May 7, 1973: Tupolev TU-154, Moscow-Vnukovo Moscow oblast, Russia (0 fatalities)
April 23, 1973: Tupolev TU-104, Leningrad-Shosseynaya Leningrad oblast, Russia (2 fatalities)
February 19, 1973: Tupolev TU-154, Prague-Ruzyne Prague, Czech Republic (66 fatalities)
October 30, 1972: Tupolev TU-134, Berlin-Schönefeld Berlin, Germany (0 fatalities)