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All passengers survive after Kyrgyzstan Airlines Tu-134 flips over in crash-landing

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  • #2
    Run_to_da_hills
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,009 ✭✭✭✭Run_to_da_hills


    Almost 20 years to the day since SAS Flight 751


  • #3
    seanmacc
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    In fairness, them Russian planes are very well designed and built. When they go wrong its because they're either ancient or operated by a 3rd world airline who doesn't maintain them very well.


  • #4
    RadioRetro
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    Very true, all built to military specs. Just check out the under-nose bulge on the Tupo.


  • #5
    Stinicker
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    In Soviet Kyrgyzstan, you kill airplane, it not kill you!


  • #6
    seanmacc
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    RadioRetro wrote: »
    Very true, all built to military specs. Just check out the under-nose bulge on the Tupo.

    I noticed that. Is that in case of landing gear failure or is it for aerodynamics or what?

    You'd wonder if Boeing and Airbus played the game fairly if we'd see more Russian planes about?


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  • #7
    xflyer
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    The nose bulge is probably for some kind of avionics possibly weather radar as the nose looks like a bomb aimer type.

    As for playing fair, well it's not about fairness. Old Soviet aircraft and engines simply don't meet the standards of safety required in the West and now required in modern Russia. The Tu134 is a museum piece these days.


  • #8
    Tenger
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 10,005 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tenger


    seanmacc wrote: »
    I noticed that. Is that in case of landing gear failure or is it for aerodynamics or what?
    Originally Soviet aircraft were designed with possible conversion for military use in mind. So you could put a navigator/bombardier in the nose position. I have spotted a few Il-76's in years past with this feature in addition to a tail gunner position (without the weapons)

    Another tale is that in the Soviet era, the pilots weren't actually trusted to navigate the aircraft. The navigator dealt with the ATC/navigation aspects while the pilots actually flew the aircraft under his direction. Thus no single individual could defect.


  • #9
    Blue Punto
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    dont speak Russian but more pics here

    http://www.kg.akipress.org/news:463241


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