Excellent post, thank you.
It was almost exactly what I previously said, "something doesn't add up".
I think I flew on that Malev a/c in 1988 from CDG.
It was the 1st time on a TU154B,- quite unforgettable.
With respect, you omitted the various accidents with the TU134,which is an extremely similar a/c albeit with only 2 engines, somewhat smaller, but also good safety record.
The most recent disasters which stick in the mind,
UTAir flight 471 Samara, landed 400m short of runway, failed to communicate/compensate for poor weather+ATC failures, 6 killed.
Pilot error
20 June 2011 Flight 9605, Petrozavodsk - CFIT landing. 47 dead. - ?mistook road for runway.
Pilot error
28 December 2011 OSH hard landing (over 2.5G!).
Crew not competent.
Last edited by up_down_n_out; 2nd Jan 2017 at 18:48.