No survivors aboard crashed Russian jet

No survivors aboard crashed Russian jet
By ANNA MELNICHUK, Associated Press Writer

A Russian passenger jet carrying at least 170 people ‹ including 45 children
‹ crashed Tuesday in eastern Ukraine after sending a distress signal,
killing all aboard, authorities said.

Russian authorities said they had ruled out terrorism, and Ukrainian
officials said there was bad weather in the area at the time of the crash.

The Pulkovo Airlines Tu-154 was en route from the Russian Black Sea resort
of Anapa to St. Petersburg and disappeared from radar screens while flying
over eastern Ukraine around 2:30 p.m., Russian and Ukrainian emergency
officials said.

The plane's tail section and other burning debris were found north of the
city of Donetsk, about 400 miles east of Kiev, by residents about two hours
after the distress signal was sent, said Mykhaylo Korsakov, spokesman for
the Donetsk department of Emergency Situations Ministry.

Anatoly Simushin, deputy director of the St. Petersburg-based carrier that
there were 170 people on board, including 45 children.

"Unfortunately, we believe that no one managed to survive," Russian
Emergency Situations Ministry spokesman Irina Andriyanova said in televised
comments.

A thunderstorm was raging in the area at the time of the crash, said a
spokeswoman for the Ukrainian Emergency Situations Ministry in Donetsk, who
identified herself only as Yelena. She said there was lightning and heavy
wind.

"It was not a terrorist attack," said Leonid Belyayev, acting director of
Russia's Emergency Situations Ministry in St. Petersburg.

Interfax quoted Ukrainian Emergency Situations Ministry spokesman Igor Krol
as saying a fire broke out on the plane at 32,800 feet and that the crew
decided to try to make an emergency landing. Interfax also quoted Russian
aviation official Alexander Neradko as saying that the plane might have run
into strong turbulence.

Andriyanova said she received information that "the plane most likely was
hit by lightning."

"There was no damage on the ground. After it fell, it broke apart and burst
into flames," Andriyanova said in televised comments.

Interfax cited other witnesses as saying the plane was intact when it hit
the ground.

"It was falling down like a petal," an unidentified woman told Channel One,
waving her hand from side to side. "It was floating, it circled around, then
it went down and then there immediately was an explosion ... and smoke
started rising."

The plane disappeared from radar screens two minutes after the crew sent a
distress signal, said Yulia Stadnikova, another Russian spokeswoman.

Simushin said the pilot sent a total of four distress signals as he tried to
climb above the storm, then descended to the exceptionally low altitude of
9,800 feet.

Pulkovo Airlines is among Russia's largest carriers.

It was the third major plane crash in the region this year, and came less
than two months after at least 124 people died when an Airbus A-310 of the
Russian carrier S7 skidded off a runway and burst into flames on July 9 in
the Siberian city of Irkutsk.

On May 3, an A-320 of the Armenian airline Armavia crashed into the Black
Sea while trying to land in the Russian resort city of Sochi in rough
weather, killing all 113 people aboard.

Russian-made Tu-154s are widely used by Russian airlines for many regional
flights.

*~* Magda *~* wrote:
On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 19:18:29 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, Earl Evleth
arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:

...
...
... No survivors aboard crashed Russian jet
... By ANNA MELNICHUK, Associated Press Writer
...
... A Russian passenger jet carrying at least 170 people ‹ including 45 children

The death of 125 adults is not tragedy enough, is it?

and so far no foreigners....

of course, it is better posted here than on the air travel group !
salaud.

"Earl Evleth" a écrit dans le message de news:
...


No survivors aboard crashed Russian jet
By ANNA MELNICHUK, Associated Press Writer

A Russian passenger jet carrying at least 170 people including 45
children
crashed Tuesday in eastern Ukraine after sending a distress signal,
killing all aboard, authorities said.

Russian authorities said they had ruled out terrorism, and Ukrainian
officials said there was bad weather in the area at the time of the crash.

The Pulkovo Airlines Tu-154 was en route from the Russian Black Sea resort
of Anapa to St. Petersburg and disappeared from radar screens while flying
over eastern Ukraine around 2:30 p.m., Russian and Ukrainian emergency
officials said.

The plane's tail section and other burning debris were found north of the
city of Donetsk, about 400 miles east of Kiev, by residents about two
hours
after the distress signal was sent, said Mykhaylo Korsakov, spokesman for
the Donetsk department of Emergency Situations Ministry.

Anatoly Simushin, deputy director of the St. Petersburg-based carrier that
there were 170 people on board, including 45 children.

"Unfortunately, we believe that no one managed to survive," Russian
Emergency Situations Ministry spokesman Irina Andriyanova said in
televised
comments.

A thunderstorm was raging in the area at the time of the crash, said a
spokeswoman for the Ukrainian Emergency Situations Ministry in Donetsk,
who
identified herself only as Yelena. She said there was lightning and heavy
wind.

"It was not a terrorist attack," said Leonid Belyayev, acting director of
Russia's Emergency Situations Ministry in St. Petersburg.

Interfax quoted Ukrainian Emergency Situations Ministry spokesman Igor
Krol
as saying a fire broke out on the plane at 32,800 feet and that the crew
decided to try to make an emergency landing. Interfax also quoted Russian
aviation official Alexander Neradko as saying that the plane might have
run
into strong turbulence.

Andriyanova said she received information that "the plane most likely was
hit by lightning."

"There was no damage on the ground. After it fell, it broke apart and
burst
into flames," Andriyanova said in televised comments.

Interfax cited other witnesses as saying the plane was intact when it hit
the ground.

"It was falling down like a petal," an unidentified woman told Channel
One,
waving her hand from side to side. "It was floating, it circled around,
then
it went down and then there immediately was an explosion ... and smoke
started rising."

The plane disappeared from radar screens two minutes after the crew sent a
distress signal, said Yulia Stadnikova, another Russian spokeswoman.

Simushin said the pilot sent a total of four distress signals as he tried
to
climb above the storm, then descended to the exceptionally low altitude of
9,800 feet.

Pulkovo Airlines is among Russia's largest carriers.

It was the third major plane crash in the region this year, and came less
than two months after at least 124 people died when an Airbus A-310 of the
Russian carrier S7 skidded off a runway and burst into flames on July 9 in
the Siberian city of Irkutsk.

On May 3, an A-320 of the Armenian airline Armavia crashed into the Black
Sea while trying to land in the Russian resort city of Sochi in rough
weather, killing all 113 people aboard.

Russian-made Tu-154s are widely used by Russian airlines for many regional
flights.

aaaah here is our death jokes specialist !!

"Corgi bit me 'nads" a écrit dans le message de
news: ...

*~* Magda *~* wrote:
On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 19:18:29 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, Earl Evleth

arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:

...
...
... No survivors aboard crashed Russian jet
... By ANNA MELNICHUK, Associated Press Writer
...
... A Russian passenger jet carrying at least 170 people including 45
children

The death of 125 adults is not tragedy enough, is it?

and so far no foreigners....

and here is the last spammer of the series

"Martin" a écrit dans le message de news:
...
On 22 Aug 2006 10:49:41 -0700, "Corgi bit me 'nads"
wrote:


*~* Magda *~* wrote:
On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 19:18:29 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, Earl Evleth

arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:

...
...
... No survivors aboard crashed Russian jet
... By ANNA MELNICHUK, Associated Press Writer
...
... A Russian passenger jet carrying at least 170 people including 45
children

The death of 125 adults is not tragedy enough, is it?

and so far no foreigners....

Small accident a long way away?
--

Martin

Martin wrote:

On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 19:38:42 +0200, *~* Magda *~*
wrote:

On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 19:18:29 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, Earl Evleth
arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:

...
...
... No survivors aboard crashed Russian jet
... By ANNA MELNICHUK, Associated Press Writer
...
... A Russian passenger jet carrying at least 170 people ‹ including 45 children

The death of 125 adults is not tragedy enough, is it?


BBC radio news this morning.
British tourists were evacuated using small boats. Nobody was hurt. A
German tourist drowned whist trying to swim to one of the boats


Dunkirk...???

--
Best
Greg

mauvaise imitation de martin the cretin

"Gregory Morrow" a écrit dans le message de
news: ...

Martin wrote:

On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 19:38:42 +0200, *~* Magda *~*
wrote:

On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 19:18:29 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, Earl Evleth

arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:

...
...
... No survivors aboard crashed Russian jet
... By ANNA MELNICHUK, Associated Press Writer
...
... A Russian passenger jet carrying at least 170 people including 45
children

The death of 125 adults is not tragedy enough, is it?


BBC radio news this morning.
British tourists were evacuated using small boats. Nobody was hurt. A
German tourist drowned whist trying to swim to one of the boats


Dunkirk...???

--
Best
Greg

Gregory Morrow schrieb:
Martin wrote:

On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 19:38:42 +0200, *~* Magda *~*
wrote:

On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 19:18:29 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, Earl Evleth
arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:

...
...
... No survivors aboard crashed Russian jet
... By ANNA MELNICHUK, Associated Press Writer
...
... A Russian passenger jet carrying at least 170 people ‹ including 45 children

The death of 125 adults is not tragedy enough, is it?

BBC radio news this morning.
British tourists were evacuated using small boats. Nobody was hurt. A
German tourist drowned whist trying to swim to one of the boats


Dunkirk...???

Different catastrophe. Forest fires in Greece.

--
In memorium Layal Najib
www.cpj.org

Corgi bit me 'nads schrieb:

... A Russian passenger jet carrying at least 170 people ‹ including 45 children

The death of 125 adults is not tragedy enough, is it?


and so far no foreigners....

Also foreign passengers were killed in thes accident.

Regards, ULF