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TWO Russian Airliners Have Crashed.
Posted on 08/24/2004 3:01:38 PM PDT by ConservativeMan55
Per Foxnews Alert. Into the red sea.
60 people aboard the first one.
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In other Russian news concerning Aircraft:
Debris of presumably American WW2 plane found in Vestnik Bay in southeastern Kamchatka
PETROPAVLOVSK-KAMCHATSKY, August 23 (Itar-Tass) -- Members of a joint Russo-American search group have found debris of a WW2 plane in the Vestnik Bay in southeastern Kamchatka. Presumably, the plane belonged to the US Air Forces, a source in the regional office of the Russian Foreign Ministry told TASS.
761
posted on
08/24/2004 7:11:28 PM PDT
by
eabinga
To: ChadGore
Not yet. Given that this was a domestic flight, I would assume most passengers to be Russian Nationals.
Thanks, CG...these were Aeroflot? If so, not even the Russians have confidence in flying; trains more popular.
762
posted on
08/24/2004 7:11:34 PM PDT
by
hummingbird
("If it wasn't for the insomnia, I could have gotten some sleep!")
To: TankerKC
Well they were not DeHavilland aircraft this time, or Bombardier.
We had a bit of fun with that one.
763
posted on
08/24/2004 7:11:49 PM PDT
by
Clive
To: El Gato
"In flight emergency IFF code. Also no 7500, the Hijack code?"
No Mayday calls from what I've heard.
To: Fitzcarraldo
This from
NBR:
Two passenger aircraft have crashed within minutes of each other in Russia and a bomb has exploded on a street in Moscow.
No connection between the incidents, apart from timing and the fact that both flights originated in Moscow, is certain.
Between 88 and 108 passengers and crew may have been lost in the crashes, but considerable confusion exists as early reports do not agree about aircraft identities, locations or souls on board.
Reuters said that a four-engine Tupalov 154 aircraft, with 54 passengers and 8 crew on board, crashed near the village of Buchalki, some 110 miles south of Moscow.
Separately,
it reported that a three-engine Tu-134 airliner with 34 passengers and eight crew flying from Moscow to Volgograd had crashed and that another plane, a Tu-154 with 44 passengers and eight crew on board had vanished in flight from Moscow to the Black Sea resort of Sochi, near the southern city of Rostov-on-Don.
Primary source reporting for the incidents is coming from
Itar-Tass, which is being overwhelmed by internet traffic as the breaking story unfolds.
Some
sources say there was an explosion aboard one of the aircraft before it crashed.
Fox News says emergency workers spotted a fire about 600 miles south of Moscow in the region where the second plane went missing, citing an Interfax news agency report.
Homeland Security in the US is said to be monitoring the situation closely and Russian President Putin has ordered an investigation by the
FSB, the nation's top intelligence agency, and tightened security at airports.
Presidential elections are scheduled this weekend in Chechnya and officials have expressed concern that the incidents may be part of a pattern of terrorist activities undertaken in recent years by separatists in the region.
Meanwhile, a bomb injured four when it detonated at a Moscow bus stop. The device had a force of between 100-200 grams of TNT, according to a report on
Itar-Tass
Chechen websites such as
Kavkazcenter.com that normally carry detailed after-action reports have not yet mentioned the incidents.
25-Aug-2004
765
posted on
08/24/2004 7:12:53 PM PDT
by
ChadGore
(Vote Bush. He's Earned It.)
To: ohioconservative
Just reported on THE JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW by Josef Bodansky: A piece of luggage exploded near bus stop in Moscow-- potentially a third bomb that didn't make it onto a plane.
766
posted on
08/24/2004 7:16:48 PM PDT
by
Shqipo
(The gloves are on and the corners are empty.)
To: Shqipo
I believe that happened hours earlier.
767
posted on
08/24/2004 7:18:49 PM PDT
by
eabinga
768
posted on
08/24/2004 7:23:28 PM PDT
by
ChadGore
(Vote Bush. He's Earned It.)
To: Smogger
769
posted on
08/24/2004 7:24:17 PM PDT
by
Centurion2000
(Truth, Justice and the Texan Way)
To: cmsgop
You're right about Tuesday!!
770
posted on
08/24/2004 7:25:59 PM PDT
by
Sacajaweau
(God Bless Our Troops!!)
To: Shqipo
771
posted on
08/24/2004 7:26:14 PM PDT
by
max_rpf
To: Wolfstar
Wonder who was on the plane that might raise an eyebrow?
772
posted on
08/24/2004 7:29:44 PM PDT
by
Sacajaweau
(God Bless Our Troops!!)
To: Sacajaweau
Wonder who was on the plane that might raise an eyebrow?
Syrian musicians perhaps???
Really makes you wonder. They have been probing our security for no telling how long now.
This could well be the opening phase of the next biggie.
773
posted on
08/24/2004 7:33:08 PM PDT
by
76834
To: ambrose
774
posted on
08/24/2004 7:34:34 PM PDT
by
longfellow
(You're either with US or from Hollywood! Ultimateamerican.com)
I don't imagine these planes were within a fuel tank's range of Athens?
775
posted on
08/24/2004 7:38:17 PM PDT
by
twgiles
To: 76834
It looks like the Black Sea is about 100 miles south of Moscow from ye old map (which is on the other wall and I always have to get up to look at it). What are the Towns again?
Didn't they put out an alert on one of the little old Russian places like Tzyekestan (sp?)?
776
posted on
08/24/2004 7:44:11 PM PDT
by
Sacajaweau
(God Bless Our Troops!!)
To: twgiles
Interesting thought. About 50 miles to get there (I think).
777
posted on
08/24/2004 7:46:37 PM PDT
by
Sacajaweau
(God Bless Our Troops!!)
To: Sacajaweau
LOL
I am certainly no expert in these matters and have no idea.
I do have a disturbing hunch about this one tho.
Hope I am wrong and just simply paranoid.
778
posted on
08/24/2004 7:48:34 PM PDT
by
76834
To: 76834
Planes crash occasionally. The odds of them crashing, accidently & simultaneously are probably close to infinity.
779
posted on
08/24/2004 7:51:11 PM PDT
by
Sacajaweau
(God Bless Our Troops!!)
To: alberuni
Georgia is a country that is formerly part of the USSR and now has some tension with Russia. That is a seperate entity than the state where you are from.
780
posted on
08/24/2004 7:54:51 PM PDT
by
Michael2001
(Every man lives, and every man dies, but not every man truly lives)
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