Re: Russian Civil War
Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2023 5:15 pm
Hilarious. How could he have been so stupid?
Did the plane fly into an upstairs window?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66599733
We appear to have shot this plane down. Oh dear, how sad.Gfamily wrote: Wed Aug 23, 2023 5:16 pmDid the plane fly into an upstairs window?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66599733
Well there’s a bomb, missile ….lpm wrote: Wed Aug 23, 2023 5:48 pm Lol, some journalist actually typed the words "the cause of the crash is not clear". How much clearer can Putin make it?
Taking a thermometer on board…Woodchopper wrote: Wed Aug 23, 2023 5:50 pmWell there’s a bomb, missile ….lpm wrote: Wed Aug 23, 2023 5:48 pm Lol, some journalist actually typed the words "the cause of the crash is not clear". How much clearer can Putin make it?
not a plane crash - it's a special landing operation
Not putting his phone on Airplane mode.Grumble wrote: Wed Aug 23, 2023 5:52 pmTaking a thermometer on board…Woodchopper wrote: Wed Aug 23, 2023 5:50 pmWell there’s a bomb, missile ….lpm wrote: Wed Aug 23, 2023 5:48 pm Lol, some journalist actually typed the words "the cause of the crash is not clear". How much clearer can Putin make it?
Ah, so that's what air defence doing. Hope reports that Utkin was on board were true, world could do without the likes of him.Woodchopper wrote: Wed Aug 23, 2023 6:00 pm Anyway, I’m not going to believe Prigozhin is dead until we’ve waited a few months. Possible he’ll turn up somewhere wearing a false beard and his double was on the plane.
No doubt they'll get to the bottom of it, and a sketchy explanation will be provided.MOSCOW, August 23. /TASS/. A private jet crashed in the Tver Region north of Moscow on Wednesday. All 10 people onboard were killed, according to preliminary data. Businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin was listed as a passenger, the Russian aviation agency said.
TASS has put together some key facts about the crash.
What happened
- An Embraer jet crashed near the Kuzhenkino settlement in the Tver Region north of Moscow.
- The jet was carrying three crew and seven passengers. They were all killed, the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry said.
The plane’s destination
- The aircraft was heading from Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport to St. Petersburg.
- The list of passengers includes Yevgeny Prigozhin, the Russian aviation agency said.
Official reaction
- The Russian aviation agency has launched an investigation into the crash.
- Law enforcement officers and first responders are working at the scene.
- Tver Region Governor Igor Rudenya has taken the investigation under his personal supervision.
Definitely a terrorist attack.EACLucifer wrote: Wed Aug 23, 2023 6:19 pm Anyway, by far the funniest version of events would be that it was an unauthorised act of revenge by a Russian pilot who remembered that intel plane and the helicopters Wagner downed during their march on Moscow.
Shot down. Some sources are claiming a Pantsir did it - that's a mobile SAM system which gained a poor reputation after footage of them being picked off by slow flying Bayraktar TB-2s in the first month of the war - but I suppose an air-to-air shootdown can't be conclusively ruled out.TimW wrote: Wed Aug 23, 2023 7:45 pm Footage shows a plane plummeting. So... a bomb took the tail off? Or what?
And the funniest outcome is that Wagner turns on Russian regular air defence forces in retribution.EACLucifer wrote: Wed Aug 23, 2023 6:19 pm Anyway, by far the funniest version of events would be that it was an unauthorised act of revenge by a Russian pilot who remembered that intel plane and the helicopters Wagner downed during their march on Moscow.
Hopefully we'll get an outcome that keeps this thread busy and relevant for a while.dyqik wrote: Wed Aug 23, 2023 9:09 pmAnd the funniest outcome is that Wagner turns on Russian regular air defence forces in retribution.EACLucifer wrote: Wed Aug 23, 2023 6:19 pm Anyway, by far the funniest version of events would be that it was an unauthorised act of revenge by a Russian pilot who remembered that intel plane and the helicopters Wagner downed during their march on Moscow.
TASS wrote: The Main Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation started a criminal investigation into potential violations of air transportation safety and operation rules.