was the TU-104 the most dangerous airliner ever? Explore the gripping story of a jet that pushed the limits of aviation—and safety. Local officials provide update on New York plane crash What ...

“If you had a crosswind, the plane could start spinning like a weather vane,” Gorbachev recalls, adding an understatement: “This created certain complications.” Nevertheless, the Tu-104 ...

The Russian TU-104 jet transport that landed at London last ... On its 1,564-mile flight from Moscow the airplane averaged 440 m.p.h., and its top air speed, they said, might be 100 m.p.h. higher.