A pair of Tu-154 passenger jets lie mothballed just off the main runway at the Sokol airport near Magadan. The aircraft was the backbone of the Soviet airline industry for many years with features that allowed landing on unimproved runways. Nicknamed "Careless" by NATO, the aircraft have been involved in about 1 major incident a year since they first started flying and due to noise regulations many have been sidelined like this pair.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tu-154
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokol_Airport
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