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?

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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?

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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 :)

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Originally Posted by kalinka_vinnie

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

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Six crashes for the last five years. (Corrected)

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

Six...

Russian air travel = shit. :(

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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 :)

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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.

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Originally Posted by scotcher

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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 :)

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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.

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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/