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August 26th 04, 01:51 AM
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"James M. Knox" wrote in message 2... "C J Campbell" wrote in : AP is saying two Russian jets crashed less than six minutes apart. Both airplanes departed Moscow. One crashed 120 miles south of Moscow and the other is presumed crashed 600 miles south of Moscow. Fuel problem??? What fuel problem would cause a jet to go down *right now*? Airliners glide decently and a crew with even a little training would get off a mayday call and try and work the situation in the time it would take a flamed-out airliner to go down. A back of the envelope figure is that an airliner probably has a sink rate of 2500 fpm or less in glider mode... Remember the Gimli Glider? It glided for 10-15 minutes before landing, and a Soviet airliner probably wouldn't do much worse... KB 
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