A Tupolev-154 plane from Russia’s Defense Ministry crashed in the early morning hours of December 25 shortly after taking off from the Black Sea resort of Sochi MOSCOW, December 26. /TASS/.

MOSCOW, December 28. /TASS/. A flight data recorder recovered from the seabed at the site of the Tupolev-154 crash near Sochi is in good condition, a law enforcement source told TASS. "The 'black ...

All but two of those believed killed were aboard the Russian jet, a Tupolev 154 flown by Russia's Bashkirian Airlines. The Russian Emergency Ministry said the Tu-154 was carrying 69 people -- 57 ...

the Tu-154, one of the most ubiquitous short haul passenger jets in Russia and the former Eastern Bloc; and the Tu-144, the first ever supersonic commercial airliner. Currently, Tupolev is working ...