Two Russian airliners crash . . .

[BlackArcher101]

So the second plane crashed between 100-125 miles south of moscow... how far south did the first one crash? Was it 600 miles?

[spydermal]

cnn.com now said that a hijack alert was sent out from the air craft before it went down.

[Cowperson]

Originally posted by Displaced Flames fan@Aug 25 2004, 03:58 AM
I would think it SHOULD be harder to get a bomb on a plane in Russia than in the US.

If it were the Soviet Union, I would agree. But we're talking about chaotic Russia.

A fully detailed story this a.m.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/sto.../International/

Cowperson

[FlamesAllTheWay]

It appears a bomb went off in a Moscow street at around the same time too:

http://www.nbr.co.nz/home/column_article.a...a%20&%20Pacific

"Meanwhile, a bomb injured four when it detonated at a Moscow bus stop. The device had a force of between 100-200 grams of TNT, according to a report on Itar-Tass.

Moscow Times reports that the bomb was planted near the base of a lamp post not far from a bus stop close to house 30 on Kashirskoye Highway. "First a loud hissing was heard, and then something banged," one witness told the MTimes..."