Russian planes

[Reenk Roink]

Dunno if anyone knows (blame Sportscenter for talking 1 minute about it and 20 minutes about Peyton Manning ), but the plane of the KHL team Lokomotiv Yaroslavl crashed this morning on takeoff, killing all but two. Every roster player died except one who was in beyond critical condition and I've heard rumors of his passing as well (not substantiated thank god).

In trying to follow the news throughout the day I read a lot of contradictory about these Soviet era planes in general sucking, or being fine themselves and having bad maintenance and crews. I even read one thing about the plane that went down not even meeting some EU standards so it couldn't fly in the airspace. If true, it is a freaking crime that people are allowed to board such planes.

It's a longshot but does anyone know any more about aviation in Russia here? There's such a tangled mess of info on the web in English and I can't read Russian which means most of the legit and good info is inaccessible so it would really satisfy my want to know about this.

RIP to all the victims and hopefully the survivors make it out and recover from what can only be described as horrific injuries and burns. Lokomotiv's coach was Detroit's assistant coach until recently, and there were many players who played in the NHL, including several for Detroit. Pavol Demetria was a pretty big star in the NHL in the late 90s and I remember him vividly as a kid watching him on the Blues be a rival to my Wings. This was one of the KHL's powerhouse teams, and they could definitely stand up to some NHL teams.

[CrossLOPER]

There are little faults in every aspect of the aviation program, just like everything else. They often culminate into disasters such as this.

[Peasant Phill]

Russia does have a bad reputation when it comes to the state of their airline aircrafts. Whether this is substantiated or not is perhaps food for discussion.

[Fragony]

Ever read Oblomov

[Major Robert Dump]

I am not joking when I say this.

2 Russian chopper transport companies have had their contracts pulled because of intoxicated pilots and shoddy piecemealed birds that were a danger to ride on. The last one, who was replaced by Molson Air (Canadians), quite literally had drunk pilots fist fighting on our LZ and liquor bottles rolling around. Cargo escort passengers wold complain about what appeared to be an excessive amount of duct tape and zip ties

[CrossLOPER]

I am not joking when I say this.

2 Russian chopper transport companies have had their contracts pulled because of intoxicated pilots and shoddy piecemealed birds that were a danger to ride on. The last one, who was replaced by Molson Air (Canadians), quite literally had drunk pilots fist fighting on our LZ and liquor bottles rolling around. Cargo escort passengers wold complain about what appeared to be an excessive amount of duct tape and zip ties

That is not surprising.

[Strike For The South]

I am not joking when I say this.

2 Russian chopper transport companies have had their contracts pulled because of intoxicated pilots and shoddy piecemealed birds that were a danger to ride on. The last one, who was replaced by Molson Air (Canadians), quite literally had drunk pilots fist fighting on our LZ and liquor bottles rolling around. Cargo escort passengers wold complain about what appeared to be an excessive amount of duct tape and zip ties

Russia just doesn't give a damn lolz