Polish Leader President Dead and 95 others in Jet Crash in Russia

[GK-E30M3]

sad day for Poland

http://www.comcast.net/articles/news...a.Plane.Crash/

[tjts1]

And thats why you never ride on an ex Soviet era jet liner.

[M-technik-3]

And thats why you never ride on an ex Soviet era jet liner.

Tupolov TU-154 one of the scariest airplanes to fly on!!

[Aptyp]

well, if Poland doesn't mind, I'm sure Germans and Russians could help them run the place for 6 or so years, like we did in the 40's.


Seriously, though, tough loss.

[Luke!]

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=167494

[b*saint]

Why doesnt the president have his own jet liner?

[b*saint]

Tupolev Tu-154 looks like a nice jet tho.

[LBJefferies]

Tupolev Tu-154 looks like a nice jet tho.

Russian planes aren't even allowed to fly in the US because of safety issues.

[HarryPotter]

This had to have been a setup. But now that you mention the russian planes I am not so sure.

[Luke!]

This had to have been a setup. But now that you mention the russian planes I am not so sure.

Like i've said before

Pilot ignored tower, either under pressure or out of stupidity

Tries to land plane on a shitty soviet airstrip in dense fog, makes 2 approaches, clips treeline, plane goes boom

end of story

[Matt-B]

Russian planes aren't even allowed to fly in the US because of safety issues.

Russia does not fly planes here at all period. they hop to like moscow then for instance another plane goes to paris ( different company) and then like LA or NY etc. Im curious of your facts are all made up?

Cause the logical reason to me is its not cost effective for them to fly here. Its easier to fly their own country. and let larger airlines move the international travelers.

[rwh11385]

Russian planes aren't even allowed to fly in the US because of safety issues.

Whaaaat? Communist-built machines have quality or safety issues??? Noooooooo waiiii111

[LBJefferies]

Russia does not fly planes here at all period. they hop to like moscow then for instance another plane goes to paris ( different company) and then like LA or NY etc. Im curious of your facts are all made up?

Cause the logical reason to me is its not cost effective for them to fly here. Its easier to fly their own country. and let larger airlines move the international travelers.

I don't know what you're trying to get at. From what I understand, Russia has lower aircraft safety standards than the US and I guess many Russian built aircraft don't meet FAA standards so they can't fly here. For instance, if some rich Russian dude wanted to fly his private Russian built plane to the US, he couldn't. Or if a US company wanted to buy Russian built planes for their fleet, they couldn't.

[LBJefferies]

Whaaaat? Communist-built machines have quality or safety issues??? Noooooooo waiiii111

You're like Walter from The Big Lebowski.

[ck_taft325is]

I don't know what you're trying to get at. From what I understand, Russia has lower aircraft safety standards than the US and I guess many Russian built aircraft don't meet FAA standards so they can't fly here. For instance, if some rich Russian dude wanted to fly his private Russian built plane to the US, he couldn't. Or if a US company wanted to buy Russian built planes for their fleet, they couldn't.

And you still didn't answer his question or give a iota of fact in regards to where you get your "information".