Another Russian Plane Goes Down

[NoTeaPartyPleez]

Russian cargo plane crashes shortly after take-off in South Sudan 'killing 40 people' – just days after Metrojet disaster in Egypt


Russian cargo plane crashes in South Sudan 'killing 40 people'

Uh-oh.

Reuters reporting it, too:
Plane crashes in South Sudan, witnesses say dozens killed

But it may be unrelated to the Metrojet crash. There are lots and lots of airplane crashes on landing and takeoff in Africa that never go reported. The local governments don't have the funds to do much in the way of clean up, so they just push the debris and wreckage to the side to clear the runways. Very sad.

 

[bodecea]

Hmmm, well, when they used their old Soviet airliners they were known death traps. Has there been any modernization?

 

[NoTeaPartyPleez]

Hmmm, well, when they used their old Soviet airliners they were known death traps. Has there been any modernization?

I don't know, doubt it. I haven't been back to DRC or Tanzania in 8-9 years. It was like going back 60 years into time then so.....