Russian Superjet 100 Crashes During Demo Flight, Killing All Aboard 339
First time accepted submitter Prokur writes "A brand new Russian Sukhoi Superjet 100 airliner on a demonstration flight with 37 passengers (mostly future clients and journalists) and 8 Russian crew members on board went missing after it took off from an airport in Jakarta. After an extensive search, rescuers concluded, based on the widespread debris field on the side of a ridge, that the aircraft directly impacted the rocky side of Mount Salak and there was 'no chance of survival.'"
Probably lost the sale, too! (Score:5, Funny)
That can't be good for sales. If I was buying an airliner, I'd have to pass on this one.
Repeat Customers? (Score:3, Funny)
I hope Sukhoi wasn't counting on repeat customers to make their sales figures this year...
In Russia... (Score:2, Funny)
In Russia...plane crashes you
Wrong (Score:5, Funny)
No, just wrong. They took care of that problem by making sure the potential customers were in the plane, as the summary says.
Hard sell gone wrong. (Score:5, Funny)
"Are you sure you don't want to buy our planes? Very well. If we have no further business, our aircraft is now on its final descent. Don't bother fastening your seat belts."
At Call Center Training (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Probably lost the sale, too! (Score:5, Funny)
Sir! As a patriot, I want to be incinerated in a space vehicle made by my home country!
Re:movie? (Score:5, Funny)
on the other hand, if they were being forced to watch an in-flight Jennifer Aniston movie, then it's just merciful...
How dare you judge her? I mean what are you? You think you're some kind of, like, angel here? No, you're just this penny-stealing... wanna-be criminal... man.
Re:Weather (Score:5, Funny)
That's because in Soviet Russia, terrain avoidance alarm notifies mountain
Re:Probably lost the sale, too! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Probably lost the sale, too! (Score:4, Funny)
Not necessarily. Sukhoi could call for something known as the "do over," where, under international convention, everyone pretends the first attempt and resulting catastrophic failure never occurred.
Re:Probably lost the sale, too! (Score:5, Funny)
What's the word I'm looking for?
Married?
Re:Probably lost the sale, too! (Score:5, Funny)
I suspect that his wife logged in to his account and posted that.
Re:Probably lost the sale, too! (Score:5, Funny)
Remember, this was flying around for the sake of showing off a plane - a sightseeing tour that they wanted those on board to have a memorable impression of.
In Soviet Russia, terrain have memorable impression of YOU!!!
Re:Probably lost the sale, too! (Score:4, Funny)
Just send already-dead astronauts. You will need to launch a lot less consumables, life support, shielding, and soft-landing equipment. The science return will be impacted, but not by much.