BREAKING: Russian passenger jet crash Plane carrying 71 people goes down in Moscow

[lindysalsagal]

Source: Express.UK

A RUSSIAN aircraft carrying 71 people has crashed just outside Moscow after take-off from Domodedovo international airport, a emergency service source told local media.
By NICOLE STINSON
PUBLISHED: 12:36, Sun, Feb 11, 2018 UPDATED: 12:40, Sun, Feb 11, 2018

The An-148 aircraft operated by Saratov Airlines reportedly went missing from radar shortly after take-off from the Moscow airport.

The plane is understood to have been carrying 65 passengers and six crew.

A source told Russias Interfax news agency: "The airplane reportedly crashed outside Argunovo village in the Moscow region.

The crew and passengers had no chance.

The aircraft was heading for Orsk, a city close to the Russia-Kazakhstan border.

Read more: https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/917406/Russian-plane-missing-aircraft-AN-148-Radar-Moscow-Domodedovo-Airport

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Just heard on CNN live. No other information yet. It went down just after takeoff in Moscow. Terrible. No passenger list yet.

[dchill]

1. Can't help thinking that the plane might have had a problem...

with political turbulence.

[GreenPartyVoter]

2. I hate to say it, but my mind went there right away.

[dchill]

3. Russian plane crash equals Putin's vacuum cleaner.

At least, quite often.

[paleotn]

5. It's terrible that's the first thing that pops into our heads these days.

My first thought was I wonder who was on that flight. Political opponents, perhaps?

[spinbaby]

8. More likely weather

They’ve had heavy snow recently. Sometimes an accident is just an accident.

[Archae]

21. Jerome Corsi already claims this was a "hit job."

Corsi claims executives from that "Uranium One" were on that plane.

Even though there is no evidence any of them were on it.

[oberliner]

4. Awful

Does not sound like there are going to be any survivors.

[Dennis Donovan]

6. Here's a pic of the aircraft involved in the accident:

[milestogo]

7. Was anyone from the Trump administration on it?

[adnoid]

9. Report of a collision with a helicopter

From here:

http://avherald.com/h?article=4b4cb236&opt=0

ETA: Not confirmed, of course.

[Cold War Spook]

10. Think anything you want,

but I imagine there were mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers on that plane let's take the high road please.

[LanternWaste]

22. Who in fact, is arguing we should take the low road?

Who in fact, is arguing we should take the low road?

[Cold War Spook]

24. Those who have to put politics ahead of compassion.

Those who have to put politics ahead of compassion.

[Jake Stern]

11. Have some compassion

My first thought wasn't "Putin!" it was "How tragic!"

I swear some DUers have an unhealthy Putin fetish.

[elmac]

12. i personally don't believe a thing coming out of that country

it all goes into the Russian propaganda trash basket, the same shared by fox news.

[dchill]

19. How does suspicion of Putin equate with a ...

lack of compassion? It's not like Putin doesn't have a track record. And, given that track record, how does suspicion equate to an unhealthy Putin fetish? You are an arbiter of... What, exactly? Compassion? That is, at best, a separate issue.

[BannonsLiver]

20. Gee, I can't imagine why

[LanternWaste]

23. It must be tough to live in a world

It must be tough to live in a world where everyone else can both illustrate compassion while simultaneously expressing concern for cause.

"I swear, some DUers have an unhealthy fetish for appearing self-righteous..."

[Devil Child]

13. Tragic news

Rest in peace to the children, women, and men killed. 71 gone...

[forgotmylogin]

14. So this is the first aircraft crash with passenger casualties in several years?

I know they said 2017 had no passenger deaths, but people said it's been since 2015 I think?

[Angleae]

16. That was no fatalities in the US. Worldwide still had crashes with fatalities.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_commercial_aircraft#2017

[forgotmylogin]

18. Ah okay.

TD45 was crowing that there had been no passenger casualties in 2017 and people replied this was a continued record for several years before him, I didn't realize it just meant "US casualties". I knew there had been deaths, but they were military or crew personnel and not civilian passengers.

[muriel_volestrangler]

15. "the pilot had reported a technical malfunction and asked for clearance for an emergency landing"

Russia’s gazeta.ru website cited unnamed investigators as saying the pilot had reported a technical malfunction and asked for clearance for an emergency landing at the nearby Zhukovsky International airport. Officials have not confirmed the report. Other reports said one of the plane’s engines may have exploded before the crash.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/11/russian-passenger-plane-saratov-airlines-flight-6w703-crashes-outside-moscow-reports

[renate]

17. I was so sad to see this on the news and to see the field where they crashed

And to think that there among the ashes were 71 lives lost. It's horrible.

[BlueDog22]

25. Sad

Any loss of civilian life like this is sad, it doesn't matter where the people are from.

[Eugene]

26. Instruments showing wrong speed may have brought down Russian plane: TASS

Source: Reuters

WORLD NEWS FEBRUARY 13, 2018 / 9:36 AM / UPDATED 12 MINUTES AGO

Instruments showing wrong speed may have brought down Russian plane: TASS

Reuters Staff
1 MIN READ

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A plane crash near Moscow on Sunday which killed all 71 people on board could have been caused in part by instruments showing incorrect speed, the TASS news agency quoted investigators as saying on Tuesday.

The instruments could have malfunctioned because sensors had iced over, said the Russia Interstate Aviation Committee, which is investigating the crash.

The AN-148 passenger plane was en route from Moscow to the Russian provincial city of Orsk and was operated by Russia’s Saratov Airlines.

Reporting by Polina Nikolskaya; Editing by Polina Ivanova

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-airplane-crash/instruments-showing-wrong-speed-may-have-brought-down-russian-plane-tass-idUSKCN1FX1PO

[onecent]

27. Maybe someone thought there were some TERRORISTS (FROM usa) ON BOARD.

[Blue_Tires]

28. Now we're hearing the pitot tubes were the cause

if the pilots forgot to turn on the heat, that's pretty unforgivable