I have the unfortunite news that a Russian passenger plane with 143 people on board has crashed near the Siberian city of Irkutsk.It is reported that all 133 passengers and 10 crew have perished.The Tupolev 154 which belonged to the Vladivostok Avia airline, disappeared from radar screens at 2110 Moscow time.The plane had been en route from Yekaterinburg to Vladivostok.News reports suggest that the burning wreckage of the plane was discovered close to the village of Budyonnovka near mongolia.
regards Saab 2000
By: Saab 2000 - 4th July 2001 at 17:03
RE: Not the first crash
In recent years the number the number of crashes in Russia has dropped.Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, air crashes plagued Russia and the former republics as aircraft maintenance and supervision deteriorated.The last aircraft crash in Russia was in October 2000 when an Il-18 went down in Georgia, killing 83 people.The last TU 154 crash was of a China Southwest Airlines in China in 1999, killing 61 people aboard.
Very sad news,regards Saab 2000
By: Geforce - 4th July 2001 at 11:24
Not the first crash
Since the plane was introduced 30 years ago, there were already 30 crashes of this type. That’s actually a lot, though the plane itself is quite safe, the maintenance is very poor in those smaller russian airliners. Especially for such long flights, I wouldn’t dare to fly unless with Aeroflot.
If you see an airplane wearing Aeroflot-marks, it doesn’t mean that the aircraft fies for aeroflot. Those Russian airline-companies simply don’t have the money to repaint them in their own sheme. That’s why it looks like Aeroflot is an unsafe company, but that’s untrue.
Just a reminder !
Geforce – “Teamwork is essential. It gives the enemy other people to shoot at.”
By: KabirT - 4th July 2001 at 11:09
RE: 143 passengers die in TU 154 crash
Yes, i hear iot on the news, its very sad. The Tu 154 since begining had problems. But this one was quite old and before the crash it made 2 attempts to land which failed.
By: Geforce - 4th July 2001 at 08:24
Condition of the Tupolev 154
Yeah the Tu 154 entered service around 1968, but there have been many crashes of this type since then. Lack of qualified personnel and maintenance made this airplanes become more dangerous. The TU 154 is the most numerous aircraft in the Russian civil aviation sector.
This aircraft was in service since 1986, not so old you would think, but it used to be an aircraft owned by Aeroflot (which as a better reputation than those smaller Russian airlinecompanies).
It’s sad that those people were killed, but such things also happen in western-Europe and America. The condition of the TU 154 now in service are much safer than those in service in the cold war.
Geforce – “Teamwork is essential. It gives the enemy other people to shoot at.”
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