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'Drunk' snow-plough driver blamed for crash that killed Total oil boss claims he is being FRAMED
daily mail ^ | 10/21 | stewart and allen

Posted on 10/21/2014 7:22:33 AM PDT by RummyChick

The snowplough driver blamed for the air crash which killed the chief executive of oil giant Total has denied being drunk at the wheel of his vehicle.

Vladimir Martynenkov's lawyer insisted his client was not guilty of causing the air crash which killed Christophe de Margerie and three others and totally denied the 'groundless' accusation that Mr Martynenkov was drunk.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: alcohol; demargerie; dieforthepetrodollar; fedbodycount; putinatitagain
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1 posted on 10/21/2014 7:22:33 AM PDT by RummyChick
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To: RummyChick

Goes along with “These aren’t my pants.”


2 posted on 10/21/2014 7:23:12 AM PDT by Darksheare (People who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: Darksheare

“Mr Martynenkov, 63, was arrested after the collision and searching questions were being asked today about why the plane was given the go-ahead to take-off while the snowplough was still on the runway.

But initial claims that he was drunk at the wheel of his snowplough appear to have been put aside as investigators pursue new suspicions that ‘criminal negligence by officials’ was behind the tragedy.”


3 posted on 10/21/2014 7:24:25 AM PDT by RummyChick
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To: RummyChick
The average age of death among Soviet men today is something like 48...and it's *all* thanks to vodka.A dunk snowplow driver is *absolutely* believable...as is negligence by one of more officials.
4 posted on 10/21/2014 7:27:58 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Islamopobia:The Irrational Fear Of Being Beheaded)
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To: RummyChick

Sounds like an ATC screw-up. It probably has something to do with the relative status of snowplow drivers and the ATC.


5 posted on 10/21/2014 7:28:12 AM PDT by proxy_user
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To: RummyChick

6 posted on 10/21/2014 7:28:25 AM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

That still pisses me off to this day.


7 posted on 10/21/2014 7:29:58 AM PDT by dfwgator (The "Fire Muschamp" tagline is back!)
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To: RummyChick

Maria Bartiroma just said something about the plane being ‘shot down’..
WTH?


8 posted on 10/21/2014 7:30:33 AM PDT by griswold3 (I was born here in America. I will die here in a third world country. Obama succeeded.)
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To: Gay State Conservative

He has some kind of medical condition where he can’t drink.

If you are going to order a hit..you better check out the bona fides on the fall guy.


9 posted on 10/21/2014 7:33:16 AM PDT by RummyChick
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To: Gay State Conservative

ABSOLUT-ly..............................


10 posted on 10/21/2014 7:34:12 AM PDT by Red Badger (If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
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To: Darksheare

This isn't my brand.................

11 posted on 10/21/2014 7:35:18 AM PDT by Red Badger (If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
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CEO’s Plane Crash Death Leaves A Supermajor Adrift, Industry Shaken

http://oilpro.com/post/7945/ceo-plane-crash-death-leaves-supermajor-adrift-oilpatch-shaken


12 posted on 10/21/2014 7:36:03 AM PDT by RummyChick
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To: Gay State Conservative
The average age of death among Soviet men today is something like 48

Actually it's 64.

13 posted on 10/21/2014 7:41:37 AM PDT by Starstruck (If my reply offends, you probably don't understand sarcasm or criticism...or do.)
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To: Red Badger

“What the, I don’t even drive these!”

*image of a fiat 500 filled clown car style.


14 posted on 10/21/2014 7:44:08 AM PDT by Darksheare (People who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: RummyChick

“The snowplough driver blamed for the air crash which killed the chief executive of oil giant Total has denied being drunk at the wheel of his vehicle.”

An ‘air crash’ that involved a snowplow/driver obviously was the fault of the planes pilot for flying that low. Drunk or not, the snowplow driver shares no blame here.


15 posted on 10/21/2014 8:01:03 AM PDT by Beagle8U (If illegal aliens are undocumented immigrants, then shoplifters are undocumented customers.)
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To: RummyChick

I don’t know this guy, but was he the ‘Steve Jobs’ of the oil industry?
If not, they will carry on...................


16 posted on 10/21/2014 8:01:22 AM PDT by Red Badger (If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
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To: dfwgator

I’ll never forget, either. Talk about cojones..


17 posted on 10/21/2014 8:02:03 AM PDT by cardinal4 (Certified Islamophobe..)
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To: Darksheare

If it had hit a FIAT 500 then all would have been well................


18 posted on 10/21/2014 8:02:42 AM PDT by Red Badger (If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
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To: BenLurkin

What game is that from?...............


19 posted on 10/21/2014 8:03:14 AM PDT by Red Badger (If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
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To: Red Badger

True.
Or one of the arrogant Prius I have had to avoid buzzing around my area.
Apparently, they don’t come equipped with turn signals.


20 posted on 10/21/2014 8:06:20 AM PDT by Darksheare (People who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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