Kyrgyzstan plane crash - Two U.S. basketball players reported among passengers

Interfax.ru via translation ^ | August 24, 2008

[HAL9000]

via translation -

On board the plane crashed under the Bishkek could be two prominent basketball players NBA - гендиректор Federation basketball Kyrgyzstan

Bishkek. August 24. INTERFAX - on board crashed under Bishkekom Boeing-737 airplanes could stay two famous American basketball NBA, told journalists Director General Federation of basketball Kyrgyzstan Oleg Putilov.

"According to my information, players Samuel Perkins and Rebecca Bonner, who were in Bishkek and the town of Kant master classes, were to depart today from Bishkek in Iran - where they took place some competition. Until this all that I know. Ne I can dial up to the rest of his colleagues, "- O. Putilov told reporters.

Meanwhile, the U.S. Embassy told reporters that "formal communication about this topic will be done the morning of 25 August."

[PLMerite]

“...and had an extended warranty...”

Lot of good that did. Now I’m glad I never bought one for my ten-year-old truck.

[DAVEY CROCKETT]

PING TO POST 15

[GOP Poet]

the ‘big smooth’. First thing I thought too. Sounds as though they were doing some good things. Hope all is fine.

[ERJCaptain]

Really... you really are trying to tell me all those incidents are connected somehow. A reason why those minor events have garners so much attention is because of the Spanair disaster. Bomb threats are infrequent, but somewhat common. A flight returning to an airport after takeoff, it happens every day. Trust me, if there was some kind of link someone important would see it. This is just conspiratorial garbage.

[BossLady]

WOW! Good Intel! Keep it coming! ;)

[Rennes Templar]

I’ve done a lot of travelling this summer and I was amazed at how few old cars I saw on the road. Mostly late model vehicles everywhere.

[Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)]

Oh, Oh....What did I say wrong?

[Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)]

“There was a small plane which crashed in Utah (probably yesterday), killing everyone on board (10 or 11 people).”

Yes, you are correct. I forgot about that one.

But maybe it is too small and doesn’t count...maybe.

[Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)]

P.S.

If there is no other plane crash in the next 24-48 hours, that small plane was No. 2 and this last one was No. 3.

[HAL9000]

Interfax.com - Plane that crashed in Kyrgyzstan was carrying volleyball, not basketballteam - official

[Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)]

P.S. again.

I’m not trying to cover my a$$. I’m just finding this interesting.

[Prophet in the wilderness]

“The Boeing was produced in 1979...”

" How many people drive 30 yr old cars? "

In commercial aviation, it's not how old the plane is, but, how many cycles are on the plane ( take offs, cruising altitude, and landings are on the plane ) that is the main factor, included in with how old it is.
It's all about how well the planes are maintained.

[HAL9000]

The names of the basketball players do NOT appear in the passenger list, so hopefully, the Interfax report was incorrect and the U.S. basketball players are okay -

http://kg.akipress.org/news/60731

The list of passengers and crew of flight 6895 Tehran-Bishkek
25-08-2008
03:31
BISHKEK (CNA press) - Became known list of people who were injured in the crash “Boeing-737”. A list provided by the press service of the Border Service of Kyrgyzstan.

According to preliminary data, flight 6895 Tehran-Bishkek followed by passengers following:
1. Niyazi Teimour - Iranian citizen,
. 2 Cory Shamsaldin - Iran;
. 3 Sultanaliev Almaz - KR;
4. Niyazi Salim - Iran;
5. Rasoulov Mohsen - Iran;
6. Katebi Yasef - Iran;
7. Sahin Mahmed - citizen of Turkey;
8. Saparbaeva Ayday - KR;
9. Sakimbaeva Nurzat - KR;
10. Syed Alireza Hosseini - Iran;
11. Turdueva Nurzada - KR;
12. Benzadi Alireza - Iran;
13. Syrdybaeva Gulnur - KR;
14. Hosseini Sayed - Iran;
15. Zhamshidiyan Neshad Abbas - Iran;
16. Rosie Talab Zadeh Hoshen - Iran;
17. Parsakiya Karim - Iran;
18. Agha Ahmadi Gholam Hoseyin - Iran;
19. Habib Nezhad Aref - Iran;
20. Ershat Saeid - Iran;
21. Aghili Malek - Iran;
22. Valizadeh Reza - Iran;
23. Valeh Ibrahim - Iran;
24. Dehghaniyam Ghasem - Iran;
25. Bahr Bahram - Iran;
26. Ali Zare - Iran;
27. Ibraimov Bilgis - KR;
28. Mirza Mahmoud - Iran;
29. Zhatan Eysar - Iran;
30. Abdrashitov Abdrashin - KR;
31. Ikshanov Rina - KR;
32. Nasrollahi Pooyan - Iran;
33. Beyshenkulov Elnur - KR;
34. Rayhan Mamaghani Pouneh-Iran;
35. Ahangari Nasreen - Iran;
36. Rayhan Mamaghani Muhammad - Iran;
37. Zhalaer Gitti - Iran;
38. Melaka Mohammad Reza - Iran;
39. Magdy Esmaeyl - Iran;
40. Chynybaev Bilal - KR;
41. Gholami Jalal - Iran;
42. Makarchuk Ivan - KR;
43. Mushekenov Mukhtar - Kazakhstan;
Eugenia Choi 44 - Kazakhstan;
45 Esaeva Gauhar - Kazakhstan;
46 Sabyrzhan Kadyrov - the CD (survived);
47 Kubatov Nazar - KR;
48. Rezapoursarabi Majid - Iran;
49. Hasanbaev Zhurabay - CD (survived);
50. Adiev Bayysh - CD (survived);
51. Adiev Zhanysh - CD (survived);
52. Kozhomkulov Emil;
53. Bakhtiyar Kadyrov - the CD (survived);
54. Baybulatov Murat - KR;
55. Kasymaliev Esenzhan - CD (survived);
56. Ma Hyuyking - PRC;
57. Arianfar Asadulla - Iran;
58. Kasymbek Talantbek - KR;
59. Movaghati Moghadam Mehrdad - Iran;
60. Huseyinov Adilet - KR;
61. Pishrov Abdullah - Iran;
62. Suleymanifar Mohsen - Iran (survived);
63. Nasiri Amir Nezhad - Iran (survived);
64. Kompaniha Mohsen - Iran (survived);
65. Arif C ikaroudi Zahra - Iran (survived);
66. Zakerikhalalaf Badam Mohamad Mehdi - Iran;
67. Aref Narzhes - Iran (survived);
68. Montaziri Reza Taleghani - Iran (survived);
69. Hazem Ali Langrodi - Iran (survived);
70. Mohammad Zakeri Hoseyin - Iran (survived);
71. Sadeghiyan Mohammadreza - Iran;
72. Kutilov Oleg - KR;
73. Romazani Ahmad - Iran;
74. Zant Lotfali - Iran;
75. Abdi Mahdi - Iran;
76. Beyki Ali - Iran;
77. Mousavi Mohammadali - Iran;
78. Mohammad Hossein Yawer - Iran;
79. Khabiri Huseyin - Iran (survived);
80. Kiumarsi Parfiz - Iran;
81. Kim Mihayil - KR;
82. Sarihi Farhad - Iran;
83. Mohammaadi Babak - Canada;

Crew members:
84. Yury Goncharov - Captain liner - KR;
85. Vodolagin Timothy - the second pilot - CD (survived);
86. Kugusheva Elena - hostess - CD (survived);
87. Asyaeva Oksana - hostess - CD (survived);
88. Ryazanov Tatiana - hostess - CD (survived);
89. Sergey Belyaev - flight engineer - CD (survived);
90. Zarrabi Darban Ehsan - Manager - Iran (survived);

[Rennes Templar]

I’m going to try to research the age of aircraft in all crashes over the last 10 yrs. Will get back to you.

[Prophet in the wilderness]

Yes, sometimes age is a factor, but, also, how well the plane is maintained.
Many plane crashes are caused by weather, pilot error, ATC error.
If a plane of a good run airline is well maintained and they don't cut corners, then they are safe.

[dallaschic]

I’m a friend of Sam’s and he landed in Dallas today safely and is at home with his family. :-)

[nw_arizona_granny]

Ping to post #15.

[nw_arizona_granny]

Post 15 is interesting, thanks for the ping.