Russia wants to nail her to the ground Tupolev-154B

A Tupolev-154B company Kolovia burning on the runway of the airport of Surgut, Russia. / TVL'Agence Russian Federal transportation, Rostransnadzor a "proposed" Sunday, January 2 to ban flying aircraft Tupolev-154B, until the causes of the spectacular crash Saturday in an aircraft of this type have been established.

This organization also stressed that this action will be lifted after the adoption of "measures to reduce the level of risk during the operation of the park planes Tu-154B. According Rostransnadzor Fifteen of these aircraft are operated in Russia, but no information on the number of planes in service around the world, particularly in the former USSR, were available.

A Tu-154B Kolavia company, with 116 passengers and eight crew members on board, caught fire and exploded Saturday while driving on the runway of the airport of Surgut (north-eastern Urals), before flying to Moscow. Three people died and about forty others were injured in the disaster. Most occupants of the conditioner unit were able to exit the aircraft before the fire spreads.

The Intergovernmental Committee for Aviation (MAK) has also announced Sunday on its website that the two black boxes from the plane had been found. "Samples of fuel from the aircraft Tu-154 were collected and were sent for analysis", for his part said the investigation committee of the prosecution in a statement.

TWO ACCIDENTS IN PREVIOUS 2010The Tu-154B, commissioned in the 1970s, is one of the major versions of the Tu-154, whose variants have experienced in recent years in accidents. The newest type of the aircraft is the Tu-154M, whose first flight took place in 1984. According to the site of Tupolev, more than 900 Tu-154-a-middle-mail have been delivered since 1968.

"Hundreds of these planes are still operating successfully in Russia and other countries," the aircraft manufacturer. On 10 April 2010, the Head of State Lech Kaczynski Polish and dozens of senior officials of the country were killed in the crash of the Tupolev-154M of Polish Presidency near Smolensk in western Russia, which total of 96 fatalities.

In early December 2010, another Tu-154M has left the runway after landing in Moscow, killing two and wounding dozens.

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