 It had first flown in China until Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise acquired it in 2001.The captain of the aircraft, 49-year-old Ivan Ivanovich Korogodin, had 12,312 hours of flying experience, 5,956 of which were as a pilot of a Tu-154.The first officer, 59-year-old Vladimir Vladimirovich Onishchenko, had 11,876 flight hours, including 2,200 hours on the Tu-154.