A Russian Tu-134 Crashed In Karelia Killing 44 People

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Latest reports said a Russian private airline RusAir's Tu-134 was out of touch around midnight after it took off from Moscow Domodedovo International Airport at local time 22:30 on June 20, carrying 43 passengers and 9 flight crews. It was forced to land on a road 2 Km away from its destination, Petrozavodsk Airport, Republic of Karelia, and broke apart and burned as a drastic hit on the ground, causing a destructive damage to the fuselage. 44 were killed and the rest were badly injured, rushed to hospital for treatment. The black boxes have been found. Investigators preliminarily determined the crash was a result of manipulation faults and atrocious weather conditions.

The Tu-134 is a twin-engined feeder liner developed by Soviet Tupolev Design Bureau. Bearing similar outline layout to the Tu-124, it switched to an after engine arrangement and a T-shaped tail. The modifications were basically finished in 1962. It first flew in the second half of 1962 and started scheduled flight in 1966. It has an ability of all-weather flight and a good takeoff and landing performance. In the initial version Tu-134, it bore a capacity ...
... of from 64 to 72 passengers, and the Tu-134A version had an additional length of 2.1m, able to carry up to 80 passengers, and was installed radio and navigation devices in line with international standards. A total of 852 Tu-134s were built of all versions (including test bed examples) with Aeroflot as the largest user.

General characteristics
Crew: 3–4
Capacity: 72–84 passengers
Payload: 8,200 kg (18,075 lb)
Length: 37.10 m (121 ft 8 in)
Wingspan: 29.00 m (95 ft 1 in)
Height: 9.02 m (29 ft 6 in)
Fuselage diameter: 2.9 m (9 ft 6 in)
Empty weight: 27,960 kg (61,640 lb)
Max takeoff weight: 47,600 kg (104,940 lb)
Powerplant: 2 × Soloviev D-30-II turbofans, 66.68 kN (14,990 lbf) each
Fuel capacity: 13,200 l (2,900 imp gal; 3,500 US gal)

Performance
Maximum speed: 950 km/h (485 kn, 559 mph)
Cruise speed: 850–900 km/h (405 kn, 466 mph)
Range: 1,900 km – 3,000 km (1,025 nmi, 1,180 mi)
Ferry range: 3,200 km (1,890 nmi, 2,175 mi)
Service ceiling: 12,100 m (39,040 ft)

In the evening of August 24, 2004, a Tu-134 airliner crashed in south of Moscow in Russia, killing all of the 35 passengers and 8 crew members on board. At the same night, a Tu-154 airliner crashed, and 45 people on board were all dead. Russian authorities subsequently announced that the two cases were acted by the terrorists, several of whom were arrested later.

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