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Russian plane 'disappears from radar' near Sochi
BBC ^
| December 25
| Staff
Posted on 12/24/2016 9:17:32 PM PST by PghBaldy
A Russian plane has disappeared from radar just minutes after take-off from the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russian media say.
They are quoting a source at the emergency ministry as saying the missing aircraft is a Tu-154.
Between 70 and 100 people are reported to be on board the plane.
Unconfirmed reports say the aircraft belongs to the defence ministry, flying to Syria's Latakia province. Russian officials have so far made no comment.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia; Syria
KEYWORDS: alexandrovensemble; blacksea; latakia; planecrash; russia; sochi; syria; tu154
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To: AdmSmith
As soon as I see military listed, I have to wonder if Putin wanted to get rid of some of them. Certainly wouldn’t be the 1st time.
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posted on
12/26/2016 6:29:16 AM PST
by
nuconvert
( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
To: nuconvert; TigerLikesRooster
Kremlin was quick in saying that it was not a terrorist attack. For Kremlin watcher this indicates that it actually was an attack!
In this text
https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1776513432673621&id=100009449452921 Valey Gratov Colonel of the Russian airborne troops writes that according to his freiends at FSB in Sochi it was an attack most likely ordered by the presidential administration !
He also writes that earlier he had the opinion that the bomb attacks related to Chechen war was done by terrorists, but that he now have second thoughts. My guess is that he is as disillusioned as Girkin/Strelkov
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posted on
12/26/2016 7:15:39 AM PST
by
AdmSmith
(GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
To: AdmSmith
=>he and his friends now have second thoughts.
63
posted on
12/26/2016 7:17:06 AM PST
by
AdmSmith
(GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
To: AdmSmith
lol. Had to laugh. Whenever a Russian plane goes down, suspect the leadership 1st until proven otherwise.
64
posted on
12/26/2016 7:19:29 AM PST
by
nuconvert
( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
To: nuconvert
According to
http://www.fontanka.ru/2016/12/25/080/ two eye witnesses say they saw a flash and then the engines stopped. In the next post I will post the text in Russian in case the web page is removed:
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posted on
12/26/2016 7:51:09 AM PST
by
AdmSmith
(GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
Очевидцы: Ту-154 падал в море с неработающими двигателями О том, как упал Ту-154 Минобороны, в эфире «Дождя» рассказала жительница Сочи Ирина Авдеенко, которая ранним утром гуляла со своим знакомым у гостиницы «Фрегат». Она заметила взлет самолета, затем вспышку и брызги от удара об воду. «Стояли, слушали шум моря, потом слышали, что взлетает самолет. Моторы работали нормально. Я краем глаза увидела самолеты же с огнями летают прямо над морем яркую вспышку, точнее, не вспышку, а свет от фар самолетных и потом уже брызги. Причем очень большие. В этот момент уже не было шума мотора. То есть, моторы уже не работали. Они как-то в один прекрасный момент раз и заглохли. Жужжали, жужжали и раз и заглохли, и брызги», приводит «Дождь» слова Авдеенко. Вспышка в небе, которая могла быть бортовыми огнями самолета или следом взрыва, запечатлена и камерами наблюдения на сочинской набережной. Как предполагает MK.RU, эта вспышка в месте крушения Ту-154 может свидетельствовать в пользу версии «внешнего воздействия».
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posted on
12/26/2016 7:51:50 AM PST
by
AdmSmith
(GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
To: AdmSmith
While it is not inconceivable, perhaps it is a little too early to head in that direction.
67
posted on
12/26/2016 7:55:02 AM PST
by
TigerLikesRooster
(dead parakeet + lost fishing gear = freep all day)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Yes, it is very speculative. My guess, as of today, is technical problems.
68
posted on
12/26/2016 8:27:17 AM PST
by
AdmSmith
(GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
To: AdmSmith
——My guess-—
Inadequate maintenance
69
posted on
12/26/2016 8:29:43 AM PST
by
bert
(K.E.; N.P.; GOPc;WASP .... Macroagression melts snowflakes)
To: bert
True - probably absence of planned maintenance
70
posted on
12/26/2016 9:46:53 AM PST
by
AdmSmith
(GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
To: bert; Chickensoup; TigerLikesRooster; nuconvert; gleeaikin
Soon they will send some underwater rescue equipment, expect a lot of activities at the crash site.
The Russian Geographical Society sent two submersibles, called C-Quester and C-Explorer, to Sochi, Monday, to be used during search and rescue operations at the Tu-154 crash site at the Black Sea. The C-Quester and C-Explorer submersibles allow visual exploration of different objects at depths of up to 300 metres (984 feet) and allows three people on board at once. The apparatus will be operated by the specialists of the Russian Geographical Society Underwater Research Centre.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6v-OFjXDQyY
It was something valuable in the cargo...
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posted on
12/26/2016 11:35:37 AM PST
by
AdmSmith
(GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
To: AdmSmith
——It was something valuable in the cargo...——
Hmmm......
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posted on
12/26/2016 11:42:08 AM PST
by
bert
(K.E.; N.P.; GOPc;WASP .... Macroagression melts snowflakes)
To: AdmSmith
73
posted on
12/26/2016 11:45:18 AM PST
by
AdmSmith
(GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
To: AdmSmith
If this is the flight route taken by the Tu-154, the air defense in Sochi night have given orders to eliminate the "threat":
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posted on
12/26/2016 11:58:18 AM PST
by
AdmSmith
(GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
To: gleeaikin
putin and trump are just fine with each others comments.
obama is an islamic terrorist war monger, who hates white nations, that are largely Christian... like the USA was and Russia now is.
It is probably must me being overly sensitive, but you sound like a liberal democrat...
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posted on
12/26/2016 12:30:38 PM PST
by
MIA_eccl1212
(10 rounds 10 meters 10 seconds 10 centimetres T)
To: bert; Chickensoup; TigerLikesRooster; nuconvert; gleeaikin
76
posted on
12/27/2016 4:06:06 AM PST
by
AdmSmith
(GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
To: AdmSmith
Do they know why the plane was turning back? Were pilots looking for a landing site after recognizing that the plane was having difficulties?
77
posted on
12/27/2016 4:27:49 AM PST
by
TigerLikesRooster
(dead parakeet + lost fishing gear = freep all day)
To: AdmSmith
What happened to the possibility that the plane was overloaded?
78
posted on
12/27/2016 9:07:18 AM PST
by
nuconvert
( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
To: nuconvert; TigerLikesRooster
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posted on
12/27/2016 10:45:27 AM PST
by
AdmSmith
(GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
To: bert; Chickensoup; TigerLikesRooster; nuconvert; gleeaikin; AmericanInTokyo; tarheelswamprat; ...
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posted on
02/05/2017 8:07:25 AM PST
by
AdmSmith
(GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
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