Aircraft Number 06-2 | |
Current Registration | CCCP-77111 |
Production Model | Tu-144D “004D” |
Maiden Flight | 27th April 1978 : Voronezh, USSR. |
Registration History | Registered CCCP-77111 to Aeroflot - Soviet Airlines. |
Total Flights | 5 flights. |
Total Flight Hours | 9 hours, 2 minutes. |
Current Usage | Crashed May 23, 1978 at Yegoryevsk and scrapped. |
Notes |
This aircraft was being used to test the new route Moscow - Khabarovsk before she was delivered to Aeroflot. Works developed with CCCP-77105 demonstrated that this range was possible with Tu-144D. CCCP-77111 was the first serial plane of the model Tu-144D powered with Kolesov RD-36-51A engines. |
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An aerial picture of the field where the aircraft 06-2 performed a crash landing. As result of the later fire the fuselage was completely consumed by the fire causing the entire loss of the plane. |