[luvbach1]

Potential buyers will scrutinize the crash investigation for signs of flaws in the plane.

And if they find no flaws they will go ahead with purchases? But it does sound like pilot error/bad weather.

[Gay State Conservative]

But it does sound like pilot error/bad weather.

As I said yesterday...I have some experience in that part of the world and two things that can be said are 1) it's a *very* mountainous part of the world...2) incredible thunderstorms are numerous there and they pop up out of nowhere on a moment's notice.I think I read that the weather had turned bad in that area at the time of the flight.

[Reaganite Republican]

“And if they find no flaws they will go ahead with purchases?”

That would be the $6M question, but obviously a very touchy subject, given the spotty Soviet safety record w/ Tu-154 and such

I would now expect Kremlinbucks to flow in the direction of Indonesian crash investigators...