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Originally Posted by RWebb
It was a Russian Tupolev that is not considered airworthy for W. Europe.
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It's not welcome in W. Europe because of NOISE restrictions, not airworthiness. This newer version has fans, though.
Those planes have been around forever, they don't have a bad safety record, only a few hull losses w/ fatalities due to mech problems since the early 70's.
They are still being manufactured, or at least were earlier this year.