 The aircraft was a 1990-built Tupolev Tu-154M (serial number 90A-846, serial 0846) airliner powered by three Soloviev D-30 turbofan engines from UEC Saturn.It was initially registered in the Soviet Union as CCCP-85846.It was delivered to the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) in April the same year, and was registered as "B-2622".