Thread: Russian plane crashes in Ukraine

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/22082006/325/s ... crash.html

Two quick points:
-At the risk of sounding like a total jerk, it was kind of odd that they named the page "survivors-russian-airliner-crash.html" when in fact there were NO survivors.
-I thought it wasn't that unusual for lightning to strike aircraft (or am I totally wrong about that?). It's usually not a problem as long as the plane is in good operating condition?

Originally Posted by Бармалей

Two quick points:
-At the risk of sounding like a total jerk, it was kind of odd that they named the page "survivors-russian-airliner-crash.html" when in fact there were NO survivors.
-I thought it wasn't that unusual for lightning to strike aircraft (or am I totally wrong about that?). It's usually not a problem as long as the plane is in good operating condition?

Да, всё время говорят "Прибывают спасатели, едут спасатели."
Есть мнение, что пилот резко рванул самолет вверх, стараясь уйти от молний. Хотя пока точно не знают, что случилось. У пилота было налётано 9000 часов.

As with all news, check out as many sources as possible.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5274958.stm
BBC quotes Russia as "severe turbulance", and "possible lightning strike". Ukraine as "possible fire".
My guess is a "micro-burst", nasty little spots of weather.

TU-145 isn't a bad plane, just gets bad luck with weather and other stuff.

TU-154 isn't a bad plane... It has the highest crash record of all planes!

Edit: It's Tu-154, folks

Originally Posted by kalinka_vinnie

TU-145 isn't a bad plane... It has the highest crash record of all planes!

Six crashes for the last five years. (Corrected)

http://www.airdisaster.com/cgi-bin/airc ... lev+TU-154

Six...

Russian air travel = shit.

Originally Posted by kalinka_vinnie

TU-154 isn't a bad plane... It has the highest crash record of all planes!

Edit: It's Tu-154, folks

On the other hand...

"Few of the Tu-154 accidents appear to have involved technical failure."

You can hardly blame the plane when someone shoots it down/ leaves snow ploughs parked on the runway/ doesn't put enough fuel in it.

Originally Posted by scotcher

Originally Posted by kalinka_vinnie

TU-154 isn't a bad plane... It has the highest crash record of all planes!

Edit: It's Tu-154, folks

On the other hand...

"Few of the Tu-154 accidents appear to have involved technical failure."

You can hardly blame the plane when someone shoots it down/ leaves snow ploughs parked on the runway/ doesn't put enough fuel in it.

These planes may be old. The metal is subject to a so called fatigue. If a plane is heavily used for a long time, there are some irreversible changes in the metal's structure which is hard to detect and avoid.

From all I know, some of Tu-154s flew twice the mileage they were designed for and are still flying; regardless of all due technical maintenance on systems and new engines, the hull itself can just fall to pieces in air.

"Statistically, the Tu-154 is among the safest in the world, although they tend to be older than other commercial aircraft.

The Tu-154M that crashed in Ukraine on Tuesday was made in 1992 and had logged a total of 24,215 hours in the sky. The plane's lifespan is designed to be 30,000 hours, Interfax reported."

NTV showed an amateur video of the plane crash. Follow the link:
http://news.ntv.ru/92681/