This could be a signal......
For what???
I had the news off .. what's up??
Plane crashes in Russia 25 August 2004
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The Tu-154 aircraft, with 54 passengers and eight crew on board, crashed near the village of Buchalki, some 180km south of Moscow, the agency said, quoting a local civil defence and emergencies official.
In a separate report, Interfax news agency said air controllers lost contact with a Tu-154 taking 44 passengers from Moscow to the Black Sea resort of Sochi.
It quoted the Emergencies Ministry as saying contact stopped at 7am (NZ time) when it should have been 140km from the southern city of Rostov-on-Don.
It was not immediately clear if this was the plane that crashed near Tula, more than 800km northeast of Rostov.
Tupolev's Tu-154 jet remains the standard medium-range airliner on domestic flights in Russia, according to aviation websites. Some 48m in length, it can carry up to 180 passengers for up to 4000km.
A signal? H#ll, this IS a terror attack!! 100 people probably died!
My heart goes out to their families and to the Russian people. We know what they must be feeling at this moment (those who are awake and heard this news). Prayers being sent.
That's not good. There was a thread earlier today on FR that I didn't pay any attention to and don't remember the sourcing that said Russian and Georgia were close to war.