168 killed in Iran plane crash

[arkitect]

Always so sad.
This time not an Airbus but a Tupolev.

I wonder if quality of aircraft maintenance is suffering because of the recession?

All 168 passengers and crew have died in a Caspian Airlines plane crash in the north of Iran, officials say.

Wreckage was spread over a large area in a field in Jannatabad village, Qazvin province, about 75 miles (120km) north-west of Tehran, state TV said.

The Tupolev plane was flying from the Iranian capital to Yerevan in Armenia, with mostly Armenian passengers.

The cause of the crash, which happened soon after take-off, was not known. Witnesses said it dropped from the sky.

Link.

[Silencio]

I doubt it has anything to do with the recession. Some carriers in the less developed parts of the world are extremely dodgy with safety and maintenance issues, plus they tend to fly older planes. US economic sanctions against Iran probably don't help here...

[Metatron]

Originally Posted by Silencio

I doubt it has anything to do with the recession. Some carriers in the less developed parts of the world are extremely dodgy with safety and maintenance issues, plus they tend to fly older planes. US economic sanctions against Iran probably don't help here...

All that money they Iran is spending trying to build nuclear "power plants" and the US is blamed for a misallocation of government resource and thus, their deaths?

[yg17]

Originally Posted by Silencio

I doubt it has anything to do with the recession. Some carriers in the less developed parts of the world are extremely dodgy with safety and maintenance issues, plus they tend to fly older planes. US economic sanctions against Iran probably don't help here...

I don't think it's economic sanctions considering this was a Russian aircraft, it may be different if it was a Boeing and the sanctions were stopping them from getting the latest parts.

But you couldn't pay me enough to fly on a Tupolev or an Iran-based airline. I just wouldn't trust either of them to have their maintenance up to par.

[armoguy94]

Rest in peace to all victims of this devastating tragedy, and my deep condolences go out to their families.

[remmy]

Originally Posted by Metatron

All that money they Iran is spending trying to build nuclear "power plants" and the US is blamed for a misallocation of government resource and thus, their deaths?

Blamed is a misreading of their post. The US embaargos mean that Iran cant buy replacement parts or adequately repair the ageing Boeing aircraft. Of course they should better check the aircraft before flights, but I bet these planes ought to of been scrapped a while ago.

[dmr727]

Originally Posted by remmy

Blamed is a misreading of their post. The US embaargos mean that Iran cant buy replacement parts or adequately repair the ageing Boeing aircraft.

That may well be true, but a Boeing isn't what crashed here.