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From: Miloch <Miloch_member@newsguy.com>
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Subject: Re: Second Russian jet crashes in failed carrier landing near Syria
Date: 5 Dec 2016 13:49:46 -0800
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In article <bagb4chjkcjq38bm9l0nhfn31lq53pgk4p@4ax.com>, R2D2 says...
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>On 5 Dec 2016 09:40:12 -0800, Miloch <Miloch_member@newsguy.com>
>wrote:
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>>http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/second-russian-jet-crashes-in-failed-carrier-landing-near-syria/ar-AAl9Lqp?li=BBnb7Kz
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>>Russia's defence ministry said Monday a Sukhoi jet fell into the sea after a
>>malfunction as it tried to land on the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier
>>following a bombing raid in Syria.
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>>It was the second such crash involving Russia's lone carrier in a month, since
>>it arrived in the eastern Mediterranean to bolster Moscow's airpower in Syria.
>>
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>Welcome to the wonderfull, DANGEROUS world of carrier flying. I bet
>the chinese are playing very close atention...
I'd trust the wealthy Chinese who can afford to replace landing cables in a
timely fashion rather than the poor Russians who are sailing a rusting, oil
fired hulk of an aircraft carrier with a short-handed poorly trained crew.
If the Russian Navy can't keep their toilets flushing and semi-operable, you
can't expect them to land their aircraft in a safe manner.
...just sayin'
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