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Jet Plane Crashes in Russia, at Least 38 Dead
FOX NEWS ^
| 6/20/11
| FOX
Posted on 06/20/2011 4:51:02 PM PDT by Doogle
A passenger jet crash-landed Monday on a desolate stretch of road in northwest Russia, killing at least 38 people, the country’s state news agency reported. The plane reportedly took off from Moscow and contained 48 passengers and five crewmembers.
It is unclear what brought the plane down about 2 miles from Petrozavodsk airport, its destination, reported Itar-Tass. But the Tupolev-134 plane caught fire and the fuselage was reportedly completely destroyed.
Those injured were considered in serious condition.
Authorities began an investigation into the crash; early signs point to a mechanical error, Itar-Tass reported, citing a source.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
TOPICS: News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: airplane; crash; crashes; dead; jet; moscow; petrozavodsk; plane; russia
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posted on
06/20/2011 4:51:04 PM PDT
by
Doogle
To: Doogle
The most relevant bit of data: Tupolev-134 plane
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posted on
06/20/2011 4:53:23 PM PDT
by
Zhang Fei
(Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
To: Doogle
"...mechanical error..."
Error?
This belongs in "Broken News"
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posted on
06/20/2011 4:59:06 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: Zhang Fei
In service since September 1967.
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posted on
06/20/2011 5:02:54 PM PDT
by
skeptoid
(The road to serfdom is being paved by RINOs, and Lisa Murkowski is their mascot.)
To: Doogle
Any heads of states reportedly onboard?
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posted on
06/20/2011 5:10:47 PM PDT
by
OrangeHoof
(Obama: The Dr. Kevorkian of the American economy.)
To: Doogle
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posted on
06/20/2011 5:13:49 PM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Amber Lamps !"~~)
To: skeptoid
Their aircraft always look like something from the “Thunderbirds”
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posted on
06/20/2011 5:36:16 PM PDT
by
headstamp 2
(We live two lives, the life we learn and the life we live with after that.)
To: Paladin2
It seems like translated too straight.
Mechanical error = mechanics’ error (skipping maintenance procedure etc).
To: headstamp 2
Their designs are "foreign-looking" in part because of the relatively primitive airport facilities in the CCCP.
Notice the four wheeled main gear trucks; . . .the 134 was designed to operate from unpaved runways.
And the anhedral wings obviate the need of a yaw damper system.
K.I.S.S.
. . . . . a definitive image of anhedral:
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posted on
06/20/2011 10:21:42 PM PDT
by
skeptoid
(The road to serfdom is being paved by RINOs, and Lisa Murkowski is their mascot.)
To: Paladin2
"Mechanical error" in Russia translates into "the mechanics decided on an early drinking binge and forgot/neglected to do necessary repairs."
You could not get me on a Russian built or maintained aircraft at gunpoint.
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posted on
06/21/2011 3:28:28 AM PDT
by
Jimmy Valentine
(DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
To: Paladin2
"...mechanical error..." The article seems to have been edited, I've failed to find the word "mechanical" on the page the link points.
To: Doogle
To: Freelance Warrior
Thanks for that site, I had one a while ago but deleted it for some reason.
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posted on
06/21/2011 6:35:44 AM PDT
by
Doogle
((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: Freelance Warrior
The injured will be taken to Moscow by an IL-76 carrying 15 doctors and 5 psychologists to take care of the injured. Good thing they brought along psychologists. Might as well work on those hang-ups while having third degree burns dressed.
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posted on
06/21/2011 9:10:26 AM PDT
by
Mind-numbed Robot
(I retain the right to be inconsistent, contradictory and even flat-out wrong!)
To: Mind-numbed Robot
Good thing they brought along psychologists. AFAIK, that's a routine procedure in the Russian Emergencies' Ministry.
To: Freelance Warrior
Sounds like a plum government job. What do they do in the mean time? I guess they are like firemen here who go to every accident, fire or not.
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posted on
06/22/2011 8:34:56 AM PDT
by
Mind-numbed Robot
(I retain the right to be inconsistent, contradictory and even flat-out wrong!)
To: Mind-numbed Robot
What do they do in the mean time? I guess they are like firemen here who go to every accident, fire or not. Yes, there's this likelihood. This ministry is a federal agency responsible for handling all types of disaster whether natural or man-made. (There are provincial and municipal forces too). In meantime they do inspection (fire regulations, policing small boats' traffic, etc.), maintain bomb-shelters...
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