Russian jet 'crashes' after Moscow take-off

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43024235 ^ | February 11, 2018

[ConservativeStatement]

A Russian airliner carrying 71 passengers and crew has crashed after vanishing from radar screens as it left a Moscow airport for the Urals, media say.

The Saratov Airlines An-148 regional jet was en route to the city of Orsk when it went missing.

[Bob]

Strange that they’d use the scare quotes in the headline.

[null and void]

“Crashes” are scary...

[donozark]

Telegraph now reporting eye witnesses state plane was burning when it fell from sky...

[SE Mom]

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Flight #6W703 took off from Moscow at 11:22 UTC time and 5 minutes later we tracked it descenting with 3300 feet per minute before the signal was lost.

[Vlad The Inhaler]

[Don Corleone]

Russian flight procedures have always been a little bit suspect, especially winter operations.

[epluribus_2]

Nothing is a coincidence. What is the significance? Hmmmm?

[varyouga]

Sad. I was born in Ukraine and would never get on a Ukraine-made plane.

Unfortunately it’s still a third world country. Equivalent to some African nations in many aspects. Some relatives still use outhouses.

I’ve called Eastern Europe “white Africa” before. Rich in resources but everything is stolen and 90% of people live in shitholes surrounded by gaudy gangsters.

[MarMema]

Russian pilots are amazing. I am going to throw my hat in the ring for chechen terrorists.

[Drew68]

Sad. I was born in Ukraine and would never get on a Ukraine-made plane.

I'd wager it isn't the plane that's the problem, it's the lack of proper maintenance. Maintenance costs money and takes revenue-generating aircraft out of the game.

There's reasons U.S. passenger jets don't crash like the used to. Adherence to rigid maintenance schedules is chief among them.

[Drew68]

Sad. I was born in Ukraine and would never get on a Ukraine-made plane.

I've landed in Boryspil several times and I'll always chuckle at the Ukrainian passengers cheering exuberantly each time the aircraft safely touched down.

[varyouga]

Of course. You should never fly on carriers that service planes in the third world.

Unfortunately if you are flying to Siberia your options are very limited

[Moonman62]

Telegraph now reporting eye witnesses state plane was burning when it fell from sky...

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Oddly, witnesses usually say that even when the plane wasn’t burning.

[Quality_Not_Quantity]

Strange that they’d use the scare quotes in the headline.

No, it's strange that ConservativeStatement would use scare quotes in the headline.

[ConservativeStatement]

That was how the original headline was shown on the BBC website. I didn’t alter in any way. There was likely a revised headline after the breaking news appeared.

[Bob]

No, the original BBC article had the quote marks in its headline. ConservativeStatement copied their headline accurately. They have been removed since the initial posting.

[Mark17]

Unfortunately if you are flying to Siberia your options are very limited

I will solve that problem the easy way. I will NEVER fly to Siberia. 😀👍

[billakay]

I'd wager it isn't the plane that's the problem, it's the lack of proper maintenance. Maintenance costs money and takes revenue-generating aircraft out of the game.

This is probably right. I fly to/from/in Russia a lot, and I would never fly on a carrier that isn't Aeroflot.

[Bob]

Sorry, I missed pinging you to my previous post.