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by **Мастер** » Sat Dec 04, 2010 4:37 pm

Need to fly from Vnukovo to Domodedovo?

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europ ... tml?hpt=T2

All three engines failed? I would guess there is some proximate cause, rather than a remarkable coincidence at work here.

by **KLA2** » Sat Dec 04, 2010 5:09 pm

Bad fuel or no fuel would be my first guess ... :roll:

by **Enzo** » Sat Dec 04, 2010 9:46 pm

Put me down for volcano dust. How much is the pool this week?

by **KLA2** » Sun Dec 05, 2010 1:27 am

Enzo wrote:Put me down for volcano dust.

You mean, cumulative damage from previous exposure? I can see one engine failing suddenly from that, but three? With no warning symptoms before takeoff?

I am not an engineer, so cannot say if that is how it would happen. But to me that does not seem as likely as a fuel problem.

by **Enzo** » Sun Dec 05, 2010 2:31 am

No, oil your visor.

I meant the thing flew through a cloud of volcano dust and choked on it. Or maybe a breeding cloud of hummingbirrds.

by **KLA2** » Sun Dec 05, 2010 3:42 am

Enzo wrote:No, oil your visor.

I meant the thing flew through a cloud of volcano dust and choked on it. Or maybe a breeding cloud of hummingbirrds.

That still going on? I thought it ended months ago. :oops:

by **Enzo** » Tue Dec 07, 2010 1:48 am

I can believe that "from Vnukovo to Domodedovo," there are plenty of erupting volcanoes I know nothing about.

You probably have a few hidden in Nunavut.

by **KLA2** » Tue Dec 07, 2010 2:15 am

Enzo wrote:You probably have a few hidden in Nunavut.

Would that be my left vut or my right vut? ** :lol:

PTHSSS* seems to be taking its toll on Enzo. :P

*pre holiday shopping stress syndrome
** I know there is a joke in there somewhere. I just can't find it. :roll:

by **Enzo** » Tue Dec 07, 2010 11:24 am

PTHSSS? I think you are just hearing one of your hydraulic lines leaking.

by **KLA2** » Fri Dec 17, 2010 2:30 am

The crew possibly forgot to switch on fuel pumps while taking off, allowing air to enter the system, a law enforcement source told the Interfax news agency.

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/w ... 5966170159

Perhaps cut down on the Vodka toasts before takeoff? :roll:

by **Мастер** » Fri Dec 17, 2010 4:43 am

Enzo wrote:I can believe that "from Vnukovo to Domodedovo," there are plenty of erupting volcanoes I know nothing about.

Well, that's basically one side of Moscow to the other, so I don't think there are too many :)

KLA2 wrote:The crew possibly forgot to switch on fuel pumps while taking off, allowing air to enter the system, a law enforcement source told the Interfax news agency.

Yes, trying to take off without fuel usually doesn't work real well.

One of the fatalities was the brother of the president of Dagestan.

by **KLA2** » Sun Jan 02, 2011 1:28 am

Another TU-154 ... :(

Four people were killed Saturday and more than 43 others were injured, four critically, after a Russian passenger jet caught fire shortly before takeoff, authorities said.

One of the engines aboard the Tu-154B-2 caught fire as the plane taxied toward the runway ...

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/europe/01 ... tml?hpt=T2

by **KLA2** » Sun Mar 06, 2011 3:31 am

And now this ...

Six people died in a plane crash in western Russia on Saturday, an emergency official said.

The victims were all crew members on an Antonov An-148 plane belonging to an aircraft factory,

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/europe/03 ... =allsearch

:(

by **tubeswell** » Sun Mar 13, 2011 9:10 am

KLA2 wrote:And now this ...

Six people died in a plane crash in western Russia on Saturday, an emergency official said.

The victims were all crew members on an Antonov An-148 plane belonging to an aircraft factory,

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/europe/03 ... =allsearch

:(

Its doubly sad that the plane never made it to Myanmar before it crashed. :?

(It appears that it fell apart in mid air. Test piloting has always been dangerous, but they didn't do themselves any favours letting the media know that these were new planes that had been ordered by overseas customers.)

by **Мастер** » Sun Mar 13, 2011 9:27 am

So I guess it didn't pass the test?

by **KLA2** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 1:33 am

And now this. :cry:

At least 44 people died when a Russian jetliner crashed onto a highway outside the northwestern city of Petrozavodsk late Monday, emergency management officials said ...

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/europe/06 ... ?hpt=hp_t2

Damn.

by **KLA2** » Fri Sep 09, 2011 1:59 am

And now this. :cry:

The Yak-42 passenger airplane was carrying 45 people, including eight crew members, when it crashed just after takeoff outside Yaroslavl Wednesday afternoon. It was bound for Minsk, Belarus, where the team was to play Thursday.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/europe/09 ... =allsearch

Damn. What is going on with Russian airlines??? :shock:

by **Enzo** » Fri Sep 09, 2011 4:12 am

Just a bunch of plane down to earth folks...

by **Arneb** » Fri Sep 09, 2011 5:34 am

Not that t matters more than the other 44 tragedies, but Germany lost one of her most promising ice hockey players, Robert Dietrich.

What is happening? The usual thing. I'd wager that one or more of these factors played a role: Outdated machinery, lacklustre maintenance, ruthless piloting, weak rule enforcement.

by **Мастер** » Fri Sep 09, 2011 5:50 am

Enzo wrote:Just a bunch of plane down to earth folks...

Every plane eventually comes back to earth, some just do it a little more gently than others . . .

by **Enzo** » Sat Sep 10, 2011 4:44 am

Even the celestial plane?

OK, Celeste, here's your flight.

by **KLA2** » Tue Sep 13, 2011 12:41 am

Yeah. I think Arneb nailed it. Sad.

by **KLA2** » Sat Oct 15, 2011 3:31 am

And now ... this.

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestof ... ce-447.cnn

Unbelievable that the air crew of such an advanced airline / nation could be so ill trained. So. Tragic. :cry:

by **tubeswell** » Sat Oct 15, 2011 8:00 pm

I suppose they were completely disoriented and the younger aircrew, who were on the flight deck at the time, lacked the experience and confidence to make the correct decision.

by **KLA2** » Sun Oct 16, 2011 3:44 am

My point, tubes, is that this was Air France, not Congo Discount Airlines.

They should have been trained in classrooms and simulators, graded, and trained again. They should dream about correct emergency proceedures when that particular plane goes into a stall. And get it right!

Perhaps that is not the correct or complete story. If true, it is so. wrong. :x

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