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2008-09-18 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Russian jet crash kills all 88 on board...including general

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Posted by logi_cal 2008-09-18 10:10|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Caught fire and exploded on approach, at relatively low altitude.
Barometric pressure controlled bomb in the hold?
Stinger type missile?
Or just a mechanical/maintenance issue? Seems less than likely, as it is not a high mechanical stress part of a flight.

Posted by Glenmore 2008-09-18 13:22|| 2008-09-18 13:22|| Front Page Top

#2 Don't have time to go look up the details, but does anyone remember the plane brought down by Chechens around the time of the Beslan massacre?

Posted by lotp 2008-09-18 13:51|| 2008-09-18 13:51|| Front Page Top

#3 Mr. Wife was never keen to go flying about Russia, as the maintenance for internal flights was considerably worse than those that went internationally. However, there being no options, there was nothing to be done but trust in God and statistics to get him home safely again. As far as I know he hasn't gone back since 1996, so I assume there's considerably more chewing gum and baling wire now than then.

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2008-09-18 14:09|| 2008-09-18 14:09|| Front Page Top

#4 "I hate warriors, too narrow-minded. I'll tell you what I do like though: a killer, a dyed-in-the-wool killer. Cold blooded, clean, methodical and thorough. Now a real killer, when he picked up the ZF-1, would've immediately asked about the little red button on the bottom of the gun."

Posted by bruce 2008-09-18 21:42|| 2008-09-18 21:42|| Front Page Top

#5 Did you know that those Boeings are registered in Bermuda? And that a bermudan inspector supposedly checks them? Of course they never do.

Posted by General_Comment 2008-09-18 22:51|| 2008-09-18 22:51|| Front Page Top