• Aircraft:

  Tupolev Tu-154B-1

• Reg: LZ-BTJ photos
• Serial #:

  78A-270

• Airline: Balkan Bulgarian Airlines
• Photo Date: Dec 14, 2009
• Uploaded: Feb 15, 2010
• Other Location - near Varna, Bulgaria

Last travel to the sea bottom. LZ-BTJ was a governmental aircraft serving Bulgaria's leader during the communist regime - Todor Jivkov (BTJ - Bravo Todor Jivkov). This airplane will be sink 22 meters deep into the Blak Sea as a divers attraction near the coast of Varna. Before that, the wings and tail surfaces will be attached at Varna's shipyard. This aircraft will set a world record for the biggest airframe being sunk intentionally.

Photographer

Aircraft

Scan of an old slide

Tomasz Kozakowski LZ-BTJ

1,655 2 0 Tupolev Tu-154B-1

PAUL LINK LZ-BTJ

3,413 0 0 Tupolev Tu-154B-1

As VIP aircraft of the Government of the Peoples’ Republic of Bulgaria, first noted September 10 1978 in Sofia

mehesz LZ-BTJ

3,690 1 0 Tupolev Tu-154B-1

Photo location

Ognyan Stefanov LZ-BTJ

12,775 7 0 Tupolev Tu-154B-1

Ognyan Stefanov LZ-BTJ

26,713 17 0 Tupolev Tu-154B-1

Last travel to the sea bottom

Ognyan Stefanov LZ-BTJ

21,730 1 0 Tupolev Tu-154B-1

Photographer

Ognyan Stefanov 073

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Ognyan Stefanov LZ-BTJ

12,775 7 0 Tupolev Tu-154B-1

Ognyan Stefanov LZ-BTJ

26,713 17 0 Tupolev Tu-154B-1