Kyrgyzstan plane crash - Two U.S. basketball players reported among passengers

Interfax.ru via translation ^ | August 24, 2008

[PLMerite]

“...and had an extended warranty...”

Lot of good that did. Now I’m glad I never bought one for my ten-year-old truck.

[DAVEY CROCKETT]

PING TO POST 15

[GOP Poet]

the ‘big smooth’. First thing I thought too. Sounds as though they were doing some good things. Hope all is fine.

[ERJCaptain]

Really... you really are trying to tell me all those incidents are connected somehow. A reason why those minor events have garners so much attention is because of the Spanair disaster. Bomb threats are infrequent, but somewhat common. A flight returning to an airport after takeoff, it happens every day. Trust me, if there was some kind of link someone important would see it. This is just conspiratorial garbage.

[BossLady]

WOW! Good Intel! Keep it coming! ;)

[Rennes Templar]

I’ve done a lot of travelling this summer and I was amazed at how few old cars I saw on the road. Mostly late model vehicles everywhere.

[Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)]

Oh, Oh....What did I say wrong?

[Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)]

“There was a small plane which crashed in Utah (probably yesterday), killing everyone on board (10 or 11 people).”

Yes, you are correct. I forgot about that one.

But maybe it is too small and doesn’t count...maybe.

[Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)]

P.S.

If there is no other plane crash in the next 24-48 hours, that small plane was No. 2 and this last one was No. 3.

[HAL9000]

Interfax.com - Plane that crashed in Kyrgyzstan was carrying volleyball, not basketballteam - official

[Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)]

P.S. again.

I’m not trying to cover my a$$. I’m just finding this interesting.

[Prophet in the wilderness]

“The Boeing was produced in 1979...”

" How many people drive 30 yr old cars? "

In commercial aviation, it's not how old the plane is, but, how many cycles are on the plane ( take offs, cruising altitude, and landings are on the plane ) that is the main factor, included in with how old it is.
It's all about how well the planes are maintained.

[HAL9000]

The names of the basketball players do NOT appear in the passenger list, so hopefully, the Interfax report was incorrect and the U.S. basketball players are okay -

http://kg.akipress.org/news/60731

The list of passengers and crew of flight 6895 Tehran-Bishkek
25-08-2008
03:31
BISHKEK (CNA press) - Became known list of people who were injured in the crash “Boeing-737”. A list provided by the press service of the Border Service of Kyrgyzstan.

According to preliminary data, flight 6895 Tehran-Bishkek followed by passengers following:
1. Niyazi Teimour - Iranian citizen,
. 2 Cory Shamsaldin - Iran;
. 3 Sultanaliev Almaz - KR;
4. Niyazi Salim - Iran;
5. Rasoulov Mohsen - Iran;
6. Katebi Yasef - Iran;
7. Sahin Mahmed - citizen of Turkey;
8. Saparbaeva Ayday - KR;
9. Sakimbaeva Nurzat - KR;
10. Syed Alireza Hosseini - Iran;
11. Turdueva Nurzada - KR;
12. Benzadi Alireza - Iran;
13. Syrdybaeva Gulnur - KR;
14. Hosseini Sayed - Iran;
15. Zhamshidiyan Neshad Abbas - Iran;
16. Rosie Talab Zadeh Hoshen - Iran;
17. Parsakiya Karim - Iran;
18. Agha Ahmadi Gholam Hoseyin - Iran;
19. Habib Nezhad Aref - Iran;
20. Ershat Saeid - Iran;
21. Aghili Malek - Iran;
22. Valizadeh Reza - Iran;
23. Valeh Ibrahim - Iran;
24. Dehghaniyam Ghasem - Iran;
25. Bahr Bahram - Iran;
26. Ali Zare - Iran;
27. Ibraimov Bilgis - KR;
28. Mirza Mahmoud - Iran;
29. Zhatan Eysar - Iran;
30. Abdrashitov Abdrashin - KR;
31. Ikshanov Rina - KR;
32. Nasrollahi Pooyan - Iran;
33. Beyshenkulov Elnur - KR;
34. Rayhan Mamaghani Pouneh-Iran;
35. Ahangari Nasreen - Iran;
36. Rayhan Mamaghani Muhammad - Iran;
37. Zhalaer Gitti - Iran;
38. Melaka Mohammad Reza - Iran;
39. Magdy Esmaeyl - Iran;
40. Chynybaev Bilal - KR;
41. Gholami Jalal - Iran;
42. Makarchuk Ivan - KR;
43. Mushekenov Mukhtar - Kazakhstan;
Eugenia Choi 44 - Kazakhstan;
45 Esaeva Gauhar - Kazakhstan;
46 Sabyrzhan Kadyrov - the CD (survived);
47 Kubatov Nazar - KR;
48. Rezapoursarabi Majid - Iran;
49. Hasanbaev Zhurabay - CD (survived);
50. Adiev Bayysh - CD (survived);
51. Adiev Zhanysh - CD (survived);
52. Kozhomkulov Emil;
53. Bakhtiyar Kadyrov - the CD (survived);
54. Baybulatov Murat - KR;
55. Kasymaliev Esenzhan - CD (survived);
56. Ma Hyuyking - PRC;
57. Arianfar Asadulla - Iran;
58. Kasymbek Talantbek - KR;
59. Movaghati Moghadam Mehrdad - Iran;
60. Huseyinov Adilet - KR;
61. Pishrov Abdullah - Iran;
62. Suleymanifar Mohsen - Iran (survived);
63. Nasiri Amir Nezhad - Iran (survived);
64. Kompaniha Mohsen - Iran (survived);
65. Arif C ikaroudi Zahra - Iran (survived);
66. Zakerikhalalaf Badam Mohamad Mehdi - Iran;
67. Aref Narzhes - Iran (survived);
68. Montaziri Reza Taleghani - Iran (survived);
69. Hazem Ali Langrodi - Iran (survived);
70. Mohammad Zakeri Hoseyin - Iran (survived);
71. Sadeghiyan Mohammadreza - Iran;
72. Kutilov Oleg - KR;
73. Romazani Ahmad - Iran;
74. Zant Lotfali - Iran;
75. Abdi Mahdi - Iran;
76. Beyki Ali - Iran;
77. Mousavi Mohammadali - Iran;
78. Mohammad Hossein Yawer - Iran;
79. Khabiri Huseyin - Iran (survived);
80. Kiumarsi Parfiz - Iran;
81. Kim Mihayil - KR;
82. Sarihi Farhad - Iran;
83. Mohammaadi Babak - Canada;

Crew members:
84. Yury Goncharov - Captain liner - KR;
85. Vodolagin Timothy - the second pilot - CD (survived);
86. Kugusheva Elena - hostess - CD (survived);
87. Asyaeva Oksana - hostess - CD (survived);
88. Ryazanov Tatiana - hostess - CD (survived);
89. Sergey Belyaev - flight engineer - CD (survived);
90. Zarrabi Darban Ehsan - Manager - Iran (survived);

[Rennes Templar]

I’m going to try to research the age of aircraft in all crashes over the last 10 yrs. Will get back to you.

[Prophet in the wilderness]

Yes, sometimes age is a factor, but, also, how well the plane is maintained.
Many plane crashes are caused by weather, pilot error, ATC error.
If a plane of a good run airline is well maintained and they don't cut corners, then they are safe.

[dallaschic]

I’m a friend of Sam’s and he landed in Dallas today safely and is at home with his family. :-)

[nw_arizona_granny]

Ping to post #15.

[nw_arizona_granny]

Post 15 is interesting, thanks for the ping.