Russia Issues Tu-154M Upgrade Ultimatum

By Staff .
MOSCOW .

Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency is telling operators of Tupolev Tu-154M narrowbodies to upgrade their aircraft by July or park them.

The agency’s chief, Alexander Neradko, points to out three major defects that need to be addressed: power failure due to battery overheating, fuel system malfunction and failure of the low-pressure compressor disk on the aircraft’s NPO ...

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