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One of the designers, Rita, said it was the first TU 142 aircraft to be dismantled and around 5000 workers laboured in four shifts. Though Russia had a TU museum, it had no entry into the craft, he said. Kumar who has been associated with the museum work right from the beginning said the dismantling and assembling was a technological marvel. He said the work on the aircraft was taken up in two phases after the decommissioned Russian aircraft flew one last time to the city on April 8. more-inNotching up another first in the country, the city is on the verge of unveiling another unique tourist attraction with the inauguration of TU 142 Aircraft Museum by President Ram Nath Kovind on the Beach Road here on Thursday..