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18. until you add weather/cloud/visibility issues in the mix

Fri May 11, 2012, 08:17 AM

May 2012

and there are a few other good points raised by the folks on the airliners forum...

but we'll see what the investigation turns up...

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Russian plane disappears in Indonesia [View all] shawn703 May 2012 OP

If the buyers are dead.... jakeXT May 2012 #1

LOST harun May 2012 #2

It just became a buyer's market, big sale on @ Sukhoi... n/t IamK May 2012 #3

Disappears? Phoonzang May 2012 #4

Search resumes in Indonesia for missing Russian plane Eugene May 2012 #5

May or may not be a CFIT or ATC error at a preliminary glance... Blue_Tires May 2012 #7

sightseeing? Baclava May 2012 #10

not really sightseeing Blue_Tires May 2012 #11

seems like it wouldn't be hard to miss a volcano Baclava May 2012 #13

until you add weather/cloud/visibility issues in the mix Blue_Tires May 2012 #18

Apparently VFR conditions, somebody on 'airliners' thinks like me Baclava May 2012 #21

more discussion here Blue_Tires May 2012 #8

No survivors found after Russian plane crashes in Indonesia Baclava May 2012 #9

skimming the top of that mountain ridge... Evasporque May 2012 #12

Holy crap. What a crash site. Codeine May 2012 #16

I know it's no real 'consolation', but at least it was instant death... Blue_Tires May 2012 #19

Industrial sabotage by Airbus or Boeing... octothorpe May 2012 #14

Found it! octothorpe May 2012 #15

Heh... Yeah, I did some searches on him afterward... octothorpe May 2012 #22

Flight-seeing? pfitz59 May 2012 #17

'Black box' of Russia jet crash found in Indonesia Eugene May 2012 #24

I'd be interested to know if the FDR also recorded video Blue_Tires May 2012 #25