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Black Box Data Tells of Chaos Before Plane Crash Near MoscowBlack box data recovered from the ill-fated airliner that crashed outside Moscow last week suggests that the plane’s pilots had received different speed measurements preceding the crash, leading to chaos and hampering attempts to stave the tragedy.Saratov Airlines Flight 703 plummeted in the Moscow region four minutes after departing from Domodedovo Airport on Sunday, claiming 71 lives.The pilots' "inarticulate cries" can be heard on the flight recorder immediately before the crash, the Kommersant business daily reported on Thursday.Read more at: https://themoscowtimes.com/news/black-box-data-tells-chaos-before-plane-crash-near-moscow-60528
The Sorry State of Russian Aviation Safety@evangershkovichNatalya Dmitrak / TASSThe plane was in the air only five minutes before its steep fall began. Left dead were six crew members and 65 passengers, including three children and a Swiss national.Flight 703 only made it 80 kilometers southeast of the capital after departing Domodedovo Airport on Sunday afternoon. Operated by Saratov Airlines, a regional carrier, the An-148 aircraft was headed for Orsk, a city in southern Russia between the country’s border with Kazakhstan and the southern tip of the Ural Mountains.Sunday’s scenes were all too familiar for Russians: It was the third major civil airliner disaster in recent years.Read more at: https://themoscowtimes.com/articles/the-sorry-state-of-russian-aviation-safety-60475
