Anyond who can explain this to us. They are becoming too frequent

A likely impossibility is always preferable to an unconvincing posibility.

Caspian airline's Russian made Tupolev jet with 153 passengers and 15 crew members.All feared dead .Jet was headed for Yerevan ( Armenian capital ) from Tehran.......

Yombo dhier....!!

Eeeeeeh,that gave me a scare right there!!! my heart goes to the families affected,but partly,its a relief to me...

Some deals are like glass. Sometimes it's better to leave them broken than try to hurt yourself putting it back together.

Walking is the safest mode of transport!

Good point @made



When a Boeing or Airbus crashes,you never hear American-made or European made. Subliminal reporting?

@skjay - You beat me to it. I was about to laud @Made on that interesting observation. Subliminal communication at its best. The Cold War never really ended. It is fought a little more intelligently nowadays. Especially now that you have Russia and China developing some serious muscle.

The German/French-controlled Airbus is facing a similar image onslaught from the Brit/US-controlled media. So far,I have not seen any statistical proof that Airbus is experiencing more accidents than Boeing (all factors constant).

That said,this is a sad occurrence. My condolences to the bereaved.

Is it really wise to use Tupolevs to carry passengers.

I wouldn't wan tto board one.


I've noticed the youth in particular coming in to a workplace with a completely outsized notion of their own value and importance... just a thinly-veiled arrogance. May be the credit crunch induced recession is whats needed to remind us all about the value of hard work.... By Anonymous

-Obi Wan - I've heard thrilling tales of former USSR Ukranian pilots landing smaller Tupolevs on murram runways in jungle areas,These hard core,vodka inebriated pilots would work as freelancers,smuggling goods,helping drug lords ship their stuff out of South America/Vietnam/Afghanistan,or ferrying mercenaries to mineral rich war torn areas (Sierra LEone,Angola,etc those days at least). After the cold war and the breaking of the USSR,these aircraft just like the Ukranian pilots were available a dime a dozen. I recall on CNN's 'worlds untold stories' a feature about the smuggling of cacitrite (tin?) using such aircraft - the footage actually showed a dirt road,with a bend towards the end,being used as a runway for such aircraft - carrying HEAVY cargo - only those hard core guys (and aircraft) would dare work in such conditions and take such risks - with that dirt road,if the craft does not get enough thrust and lift by the bend,then .....

The problem with equality is that we desire that it be with those that have more than us rather that those that have less