Crashed Tu-204 guided by GPS

Crew of passenger jet used pocket GPS to make emergency landing – paper

11:20 25/03/2010 Investigators have said the crew of the Tu-204 plane that made a belly landing in the woods on its approach to a Moscow airport earlier this week used a pocket GPS instead of the primary air navigation system, a leading Russian business daily said on Thursday.>>

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Iranian Tupolev 154 on fire

Iranian plane catches fire on landing, over 40 injured

11:22 24/01/2010 At least 46 passengers on board a Russian-made Iranian airliner were injured after the plane caught fire while trying to land in northeastern Iran, state television reported on Sunday.>>

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Aeroflot – Tupolev 154 to be replaced by A320

Russia’s Aeroflot retires legendary Tu-154 ‘Careless’

17:51 14/01/2010 Russia’s flagship carrier Aeroflot has finally taken the Tu-154M airliner (NATO reporting name Careless), out of service after decades in operation, the company said on Thursday.>>

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