A RUSSIAN JET crash that killed 44 people, including an entire professional ice hockey team, was caused by pilot error, investigators said today, putting the blame on poor training and safety standards.
The Interstate Aviation Committee said the September 7 crash of the Yak-42 plane near the city of Yaroslavl in central Russia occurred because one of the pilots accidentally activated the brakes during takeoff and then lifted the jet too sharply.
Alexei Morozov, who led the investigation, said the crew still had enough time to abort the takeoff safely at the moment when they realized that it had gone wrong.
He blamed the plane’s owner, Yak-Servis, for failing to observe safety standards and adequately train the crew.
Morozov added that a medical condition of the second pilot and the prohibited medicine he had taken contributed to the disaster.
The plane crashed into the banks of the Volga River, 150 miles (240 kilometers) northeast of Moscow.
It was one of the worst aviation disasters ever in sport, shocking Russia and the world of hockey, as the dead included 36 players, coaches and staff of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl hockey team.
The only player who survived the crash later died of burns. A flight engineer was the sole survivor. The team had been heading to Minsk, Belarus, to play its opening game of the Kontinental Hockey League season.
That’s a hilarious response?
Really?
Not much sport on I suppose, gotta write about something.
Ah it was just meant in jest as a bit of banter don’t lose any sleep over it
@Chris Finn:
Not having a go at Rory – harmless banter indeed. He’s not holding himself out to be a modern day Oscar Wilde!
I’d prefer if the titles were “please keep clicking during Christmas, we’re sorry we don’t have stories”.
Merger with Joe.ie going well.
These morons are earning too much money!!
‘Perfect response’ from perfect Rory Mop head…wake me up when you get a personality!!
Just cracked the screen on my phone after dropping it, I was laughing so hard at McIlroy’s hilarious response. Such a kidder
What a put-down! Rory “I’m not Irish” McIlroy has to be one of the greatest wits of our time. The worse thing for him from a commercial perspective would be a revitalised Tiger in 2017, competing for all those lucrative sponsorship deals, even if he doesn’t win any more majors.
Hard to believe Tiger Woods sleeping with all those porn stars, stripers, waitresses and prostitutes…….
No comments on Tigers massive areolae? Eh hem…