Decision to go back to passenger service Tupolev Tu-144







the soviet leadership made political decision enter tu-144 passenger service in november 1977 despite receiving testing reports indicating tu-144 airframe unsafe , not airworthy regular service. aeroflot appears have thought little of aircraft did not mention in five-year plan 1976–1980. however, not airline executives decision , aeroflot reluctantly put tu-144 passenger service on 1 november 1977.


though decision cancel tu-144s passenger service came few days after tu-144d crashed during test flight on 23 may 1978, crash regarded last straw on mounting concerns reliability of tu-144. fact technical reason crash specific tu-144d fuel pump system , did not apply tu-144s did not help. decision pull tu-144s out of passenger service after merely 55 flights more attributable high incidence of failures during , before scheduled flights.







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