Posts tagged: Russia
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Flight attendant sacked for 'hahaha' tweet after Russian plane crash
By Roshina Jowaheer, May 12, 2012
A flight attendant from Russia's biggest airline Aeroflot has been sacked for tweeting 'hahaha' about a fatal plane crash in Indonesia, which killed at least 45 people. On hearing the...
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Passenger plane crash kills 31 in Siberia
By Ruth Doherty, Apr 02, 2012
A passenger plane in Siberia has crashed just after take-off - killing 31 of the 43 people on board. The ATR-72 turboprop aircraft run by the Russian airline UTair had just left Roschchino...
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Video: 27 passengers abandon plane after noticing 'hole in engine'
By Ruth Doherty, Mar 21, 2012
A number of passengers abandoned a plane about to take off from a Moscow airport - after spotting what they believed to be a hole in the engine. The Transaero fight from Moscow to...
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Skydiver terror as parachute fails to open at 5,000ft
By Ruth Doherty, Mar 15, 2012
The terrifying moment a skydiver's parachute failed to open at 5,000ft has been caught on camera. The unnamed daredevil got a serious test of his nerves after coming out of a formation over...
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Video: bungee jumpers in a cooling tower
By AOL Travel, Jan 21, 2012
Most bungee jumpers go to amazing canyons, rivers and waterfalls to get their thrills. But these Russians have given the activity a distinctly 'urban' angle - by jumping into an empty water...
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Albino ginger seal rejected by family now star attraction at Russian zoo
By Ruth Doherty, Nov 26, 2011
An albino seal that was rejected by his family for 'being ginger' has become a huge hit with tourists at her new home in Russia. Heartbreaking images of the seal were first taken by...
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Pilot on London to Moscow passenger flight claims to see UFO in Russia
By Ruth Doherty, Oct 26, 2011
A total of six passenger planes have reported seeing a UFO near the town of Gagarin in western Russia. One, a pilot on a commercial flight from London to Moscow, claimed to see a 'burning...
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Tourist captures amazing pic of 'strange object' hovering over volcano in Russia
By Ruth Doherty, Oct 11, 2011
In what looks like something straight out of a Sci-Fi movie, an intrepid hiker has captured an image of what could easily be mistaken by conspiracy theorists as a UFO hovering over a volcano...
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