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Airplane and justice. Air traffic controller trainee charged for Vnukovo accident

Moscow, Russia - Svetlana Krivsun can be sentenced up to seven years of jail for violating aricraft safety rules

Investigators in the Vnukovo airplane crash pressed official charges against Svetlana Krivsun, the trainee who was in control tower the night of October 24, when a Falcon X business jet collided with a snowplough on the runway. The aircraft caught fire and fell back onto the ground. All the four occupants died: three crew members and French oil company Total CEO Christophe de Margerie (for details...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1163754
Rome, Italy, 10/30/2014 14:03
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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