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Dowly
07-15-09, 06:19 AM
:nope:

At least 168 passengers and crew are feared dead after a Caspian Airlines plane crashed in the north of Iran, state media says.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8151327.stm
UnderseaLcpl
07-15-09, 06:51 AM
The Tupolev aircraft was flying from the Iranian capital to Yerevan in Armenia, Iranian media said.
The cause of the crash, which happened soon after take-off, was not known.


Not known!? :rotfl:
Tchocky
07-15-09, 06:54 AM
The Tu-154 has a better than average safety record, as far as I remember.
Dowly
07-15-09, 07:02 AM
The Tu-154 has a better than average safety record, as far as I remember.

Aye, I recall something like that too. :hmmm:
sharkbit
07-15-09, 08:09 AM
At least it wasn't an Airbus.
That is just what Airbus doesn't need now-three going down in the span of a few months.

:)
Max2147
07-15-09, 09:32 AM
The airline has more to do with the safety of a plane than the design. Tupolev builds solid, reliable planes, but sometimes the operators don't maintain them well.

But it's obviously too early to speculate with this one.
UnderseaLcpl
07-15-09, 09:40 AM
The Tu-154 has a better than average safety record, as far as I remember.

You're probably right, but I enjoy making fun of anything the Russians build:DL
SteamWake
07-15-09, 10:05 AM
Not known!? :rotfl:

Im assuming that it is probably related to lack of altitude.
Biggles
07-15-09, 11:36 AM
168 people lost their lives. Now that is tragedy.:nope:
Raptor1
07-15-09, 11:43 AM
The Tu-154 has a better than average safety record, as far as I remember.

Is that why the NATO reporting name was Careless?
Tchocky
07-15-09, 12:25 PM
Well, it begins with a C, so yeah :D

Anyone want to explain Frogfoot to me? Or Backfire? Hehe :)
Oberon
07-15-09, 12:40 PM
Dare I even bring up the An-22? :hmmm::haha:
GoldenRivet
07-15-09, 01:04 PM
Im assuming that it is probably related to lack of altitude.

100% of all plane crashes are caused by the surface of the earth.
Task Force
07-15-09, 01:12 PM
100% of all plane crashes are caused by the surface of the earth.

What about mid air collitions...:yep:
GoldenRivet
07-15-09, 01:15 PM
What about mid air collitions...:yep:

there are survivable mid air collisions.

:yep:
Task Force
07-15-09, 01:19 PM
but not all... :yep:
Raptor1
07-15-09, 01:20 PM
What about mid air collitions...:yep:

The crashes following most mid-air collisions are also caused by the surface of the earth...
Task Force
07-15-09, 01:23 PM
err.... but usualy those are just little pecies of airplane... :hmmm:
Max2147
07-15-09, 01:33 PM
Dare I even bring up the An-22? :hmmm::haha:
Or the Mig 15?
Oberon
07-15-09, 02:10 PM
:haha: Yah, does make you wonder just what mind in NATO thought up these designations, I mean, of all the words in the dictionary starting with F or C... :hmmm::haha:
SteamWake
07-15-09, 02:40 PM
100% of all plane crashes are caused by the surface of the earth.

Wasent it John Denver whom set the lowest altitude record?
Task Force
07-15-09, 02:44 PM
I wonder if I flew a airplane in death valley if it would cound as being the lowest flyer...:hmmm:
Raptor1
07-15-09, 02:46 PM
I wonder if I flew a airplane in death valley if it would cound as being the lowest flyer...:hmmm:

No, but if you flew one into the bottom of the Mariana Trench, probably

Death Valley is not the lowest place on earth, BTW...
Task Force
07-16-09, 01:21 PM
The past has shown that airplanes dont do good in water though...

Death valley is the lowest place on the surface of the earth.
SteamWake
07-16-09, 01:24 PM
Well Denver packed it in in the Arizona Desert I think which is below sea level. :|\\

Woops Im wrong he put it into the water so he tied the record.
XabbaRus
07-16-09, 03:39 PM
I have flown in a Tu-154, fine planes....