Latest from CBS news: U.S. satellite data says it was a surface-to-air missle launched from Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula. Appears it was an "accident" during a Ukranian army training exercise. (Similar to when U.S. cruiser w/ Aegis radar system shot down Iranian airliner.)
-Ben -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2001 7:49 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Initial Reports: Airliner Crashes from Israel to Russia It could have been a bomb, it could have been pilot error, I think we won't know until we find the flight recorder. They made a stop in Bulgaria -- if it was terrorism, maybe that's where they got on. Judith > And here from the BBC. > They don't know if this is related...but it's just awfully suspicious so soon after 911. > > Have the terrorists now started random attacks?? > > > > "A Russian airliner en route from Tel Aviv to the Siberian city of Novosibirsk has crashed into the Black Sea. > The Russian Emergencies Ministry has said there were at least 66 passengers and 11 crew on board. > > A spokesman said the plane - Flight 1812 - had gone down 185 kilometres (114 miles) off the Russian coastal city of Adler. > The water is understood to be about 90 metres (300 feet) deep at the scene of the crash. > > A pilot in a nearby plane said he saw an explosion on the plane before it crashed, but that report has not been confirmed. > > Russian officials are reported to have expressed concerns that the crash might be related to the attacks in the United States > on 11 September. > > Israeli aviation officials say Flight 1812 - a regular weekly charter flight - went through the same stringent security > checks that are carried out on all planes travelling to or from the country. > > Rescue effort > > Emergency rescue crews have been sent to the scene by air and sea, the Russian news agency Itar-Tass reported. > > The plane went down at approximately 1335 Moscow time (0935GMT), the agency said. > > It had made a stopover in Bulgaria, where it reportedly took on more passengers. > > The three-engine TU-154 plane belonged to Siberia Airlines, which is based in Novosibirsk. > > The BBC's Jonathan Charles says Russian airlines generally have a poorer safety record than their Western counterparts. > > A TU-154 crashed in the eastern Russian city of Irkutsk in July, killing all 145 people on board. > > That crash was due to pilot error, an investigation concluded. > > Russian President Vladimir Putin declared a national day of mourning following that crash, the worst Russian air disaster in > many years. " > > -Gel > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
