Dozens Feared Dead in Crash After Passenger Flight Diverts From Russia

[TedG]

https://www.wsj.com/world/dozens-feared-dead-in-crash-after-passenger-flight-diverts-from-russia-fb2cdf2c?mod=hp_lead_pos8

 

Was it a flock of birds?  Or a Russian missle.   Russia would never lie. 

 

 

Some aviation experts have suggested that perforations in the plane’s tail section, visible in footage of the crash site posted by Kazakhstan’s emergencies ministry and verified by Storyful, looked consistent with a possible missile attack or the work of air defenses. 

“Video of the wreckage and the circumstances around the airspace security environment in southwest Russia indicates the possibility the aircraft was hit by some form of antiaircraft fire,” said Matt Borie, chief intelligence officer at aviation security firm Osprey Flight Solutions.

He said the damage pattern available in footage of the incident doesn’t yet match that of a bird strike, but cautioned that further information and input from regulators was needed to confirm the possibility. 

 

 

 

[thaibeachlovers]

Seems it's the in thing to jump in before actually knowing the facts if it puts Russia in a bad light.

The propaganda mill proceeds apace.

[SAFETY FIRST]

37 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Seems it's the in thing to jump in before actually knowing the facts

I can't see any harm. 

 

I'd say the OP is looking for more information regarding his posting. 

 

A forum is a good place to start. 

 

[thaibeachlovers]

2 minutes ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

I can't see any harm. 

 

I'd say the OP is looking for more information regarding his posting. 

 

A forum is a good place to start. 

 

I don't see it. Perhaps your OP is different to mine. For some reason we no longer have any indication if a post is altered by the poster.

[TedG]

2 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Seems it's the in thing to jump in before actually knowing the facts if it puts Russia in a bad light.

The propaganda mill proceeds apace.

Looks like a bird stike.  Did the bird beaks cause that damage. 

 

 

[ballpoint]

Footage taken inside the plane after whatever it was that hit it, and from the ground, showing of the final decent and crash.  Amazing that there were survivors.