Tu-154 Out of Control

It's not really clear what happened on board a Russian military Tu-154 at a Moscow-area airport but there's a flight crew that's undoubtedly happy to be on the ground after an odd loss-of-control incident last week. The accompanying video, shot by a planespotter, according to Russia Today, shows the aircraft clearly struggling to maintain some semblance of controlled flight. The crew did finally prevail as the plane eventually landed safely.

Details:
http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/Tu154_Out_Of_Control_204572-1.html

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• Tu-154
• Russian airplane
• Russian pilot
• loss of control
• airplanes
• aviation
• Tupelov 154

[jeffhardylysia]

@FlightSimTutorials actually the 'crappy russian plane' you see has a better safety record than the boeing 727...

[gobodrodiont]

Yes, yes... "In Soviet Russia"... I wonder how long americans can laugh at the same joke... stupid wankers

[DwaDwadziescia]

I must admit, great skills of the pilot.

[254lele]

one more vodka please

[NickBaldwinLtd]

@Byron10301 50 for every 1 727 out there

[Jamenator1]

dutch roll for sure,

a FYI i would fly on a 727 over a tu-154 anyday.

[Byron10301]

LET'S SET SOMETHING STRAIGHT: Quote: "actually the 'crappy russian plane' you see has a better safety record than the boeing 727" .... well no shit, I bet you figured that out by comparing the number of 727 crashes against the number of Tu154 crashes. Well Mr genius, did you take into considerations that for every Tu154 in existence, there were probably 10 727s out there? did that affect your safety and crash probability calculations?

[jeffhardylysia]

@d0rkiishchris I know but Consider that the Tu-154 has had to operate out of much more harsh weather conditions and worse airfields than the 727. also, how many 727's operate PAX anymore? not many. there are still a fair few amount of Tu-154's operating in russia and the Ukraine.

[d0rkiishchris]

@jeffhardylysia overall its kind of a toss-up. If you want to tie in incidents, accidents not resulting in any deaths, the story is totally different.

[d0rkiishchris]

@jeffhardylysia I admit I personally like the tu154 more. It looks better and from what I've read its very powerful. But the 727 ain't no Geo Metro. Its also powerful, and its cockpit design is superior. The 727s from the 60s were more technologically advanced than the tu-154s of the late 70s.

[d0rkiishchris]

@jeffhardylysia Actually the list I used was incorrect, there've only been 55 727 accidents. Of 1831 thats only 3%. So, no, the 154 does not have a better safety record.

[d0rkiishchris]

@jeffhardylysia Barely man. Barely. And depends on how you do the math. I did it by number of incidents vs number produced. Even then its very very close. 727: 59/of 1831 built, Tu154:32/1025. 3.2% vs 3.1% Then you have to calculate that 727s have been in service EIGHT YEARS longer than tu-154. '64 vs '72. So thats 8 more years, giving the 727 more opportunities to have accidents. With that last bit of data, I'd say the 727 is safer statistically.