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A Tupolev Tu-154 crashes during takeoff from Tbilisi International Airport, killing all 24 aboard and four more people on the ground.

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Tupolev Tu-154

Soviet and Russian medium-range trijet airliner

The Tupolev Tu-154 is a three-engined, medium-range, narrow-body airliner designed in the mid-1960s and manufactured by Tupolev. A workhorse of Soviet and (subsequently) Russian airlines for several decades, it carried half of all passengers flown by Aeroflot and its…
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1992 Tbilisi Tupolev Tu-154 crash

Fatal aviation accident in Georgia

On 20 July 1992, a Tupolev Tu-154B cargo plane crashed during takeoff from Tbilisi-Novo Alexeyevka Airport in Georgia. The aircraft failed to become airborne and struck a residential area, killing all 24 on board and four more people on the ground. An investigation revealed that…
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July 20

Day of the year

July 20 is the 201st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 164 days remain until the end of the year.
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