Incidents and Accidents
On December 28, 2010 RA-09343 of the Russian Air Force crashed at Krasny Oktyabr, Russia killing all twelve crew. The aircraft was on a positioning flight from Voronezh Airport to Tver-Migalovo Airport. The aircraft had been in storage since 2001 and was brought back into flying condition in January 2010.
As of January 2011 there have been 9 hull losses with a total of 95 fatalities.
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