This Month In Aviation History: The Tupolev Tu-144's Paris Air Show Crash

Last week marked 49 years since the crash of СССР-77102, the second production example of the supersonic Tupolev Tu-144, at the 1973 Paris Air Show. The crash killed all of the aircraft's occupants, as well as several on the ground, and severely damaged the aircraft's reputation

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