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Russia: Minister of Transports launches the alarm for the security of Russian planes

Moscow, Russia - According to Igor Levitin the airplanes in service would be too old and the controls on security deficient

Old airplanes, scarce pilots training and corruption. These are the three key points of the Russian civil aviation underlined yesterday by the Minister of Transports of Moscow, that said he’s "very worried" for the tragic air disgraces happening in this period in the Russia skies, the last one that of Tupolev 154 of Pulkovo Airlines, in which 170 people died. Levitin pointed his fingers against t...

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Rome, Italy, 08/31/2006 12:36
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