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    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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    Quote 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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    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.
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    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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    Quote 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)
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    Quote 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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by scotcher
    Quote 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.
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    NTV showed an amateur video of the plane crash. Follow the link:
    http://news.ntv.ru/92681/
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