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Death of Poland's president

Discussion in 'General News' started by Rysio, Apr 10, 2010.

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  1. Rysio

    Rysio Well-Known Member

    http://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/world/3569743/Polish-presidents-plane-crashes-in-Russia-87-die
    I would never imagine this will happen...
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    Rysio, Apr 10, 2010
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  2. Blade5406

    Blade5406 Well-Known Member

    Woah! That's like an all-in-one for his enemies! O.O
     
    Blade5406, Apr 10, 2010
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  3. msg2009

    msg2009 Romulations sexiest member

    im just glad it wasnt airforce 1.
    the conspiracy theory geeks would take over discovery channel and its all i would hear on the news for months.
     
    msg2009, Apr 10, 2010
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  4. damanali

    damanali Well-Known Member

    and i thought Poland and Russia are friends now... somebody should say something that WWII is over... they even had that Warsaw Pact...

    Well, his VP is a very happy man now.
     
    damanali, Apr 10, 2010
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  5. Rysio

    Rysio Well-Known Member

    Poland and Russia were never friends, but russians have nothing to do with this. It was an accident. And now they are helping us with crashsite investigation.
     
    Rysio, Apr 10, 2010
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  6. damanali

    damanali Well-Known Member

    I feel bad for the president's children if he had any... they lost both of their parents in just a flash...
    maybe a miracle will happen and even just 1 soul would be found alive.
     
    damanali, Apr 10, 2010
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  7. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    that particular type of plane is often involved in crashes, its soviet era and has a piss poor safety record.
     
    Loonylion, Apr 10, 2010
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  8. theunderling

    theunderling Well-Known Member

    Surprising the plane wasnt on its way to the UK.
     
    theunderling, Apr 10, 2010
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  9. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    I honestly wouldnt be surprised if the CAA has banned those aircraft from british airspace, given their history of serious incidents.
     
    Loonylion, Apr 10, 2010
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  10. Rysio

    Rysio Well-Known Member

    They had a daughter. And no miracles yet...

    Well, they intended to change it in the future, but it's too late now...
     
    Rysio, Apr 10, 2010
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  11. Nerch

    Nerch Well-Known Member

    Well that's a huge blow to Poland's political balance.

    From what I heard from TV it looks like it's the pilot's fault. He refused to change the landing location despite the thick fog and tried 3-4 times to land. Then a wing hit the top of some trees, and we all know the results. I also heard that Putin in person has been named as responsible of the investigation regarding the crash, is that true?
     
    Nerch, Apr 10, 2010
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  12. Rysio

    Rysio Well-Known Member

    Yes, it's true. And it's not the fault of pilot alone, the passengers decided not to change landing location too... Bad choice.
     
    Rysio, Apr 10, 2010
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  13. theunderling

    theunderling Well-Known Member

    Well in a couple of years we should see it on Discovery Channel.
     
    theunderling, Apr 10, 2010
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  14. MessoMesso

    MessoMesso Well-Known Member

    Don't you mean National Geographic? Well, not that Seconds from Disaster still airs... I loved that show.

    Ouch for Poland... But at least now, they're going to ban that specific model now, right? Especially after an important political official has been killed?
     
    MessoMesso, Apr 11, 2010
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  15. damanali

    damanali Well-Known Member

    When a president of a country dies, i feel the whole country dies with him. His primary duty to represent his country and to serve it. I feel the same sadness his people feel. If our president dies like that, many of our countrymen will love it, but well, i would be one who would mourn.

    How old is the daughter? maybe she is of legal age, right? From seeing pictures of the president with his wife, i think their daughter will be more than 20 years old. But still, its still pretty sad.
     
    damanali, Apr 11, 2010
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  16. Rysio

    Rysio Well-Known Member

    Yeah, she's adult. But she lost her parents nonetheless...

    I thought about it myself, actually...
     
    Rysio, Apr 11, 2010
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  17. ultra

    ultra Guest

    i have a question, why is his death/existance so important?!
     
    ultra, Apr 11, 2010
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  18. Petey

    Petey Well-Known Member

    Dont invest in shit planes, especially one that carries your president, problem solved. Don't disobey Air Traffic Controllers' orders and land when it's hazardous to do so, another problem solved.
     
    Petey, Apr 12, 2010
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  19. Seph

    Seph Administrator Staff Member

    Why is the death of 87 of the Polish top politicians important? To you? Probably not, you can keep on living in your tiny little world. But to the Polish it's hugely important because they lost the people who they elected to lead their country. To the rest of us human beings it's important because we have something called compassion, we can see that something awful has happened to these people and we send our thoughts (fat load of good they'll do of course) to them.

    I cleaned this topic off. I cannot believe people would show such blatant disrespect for something like this. For some reason I deleted the posts before I could hand out warnings but I think severely less of a lot of people now.

    The plane had nothing to do with it, the pilot was most likely forced to attempt landing to keep the time schedule. So yeah, don't disobey the air traffic controller's orders.
     
    Seph, Apr 12, 2010
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  20. Petey

    Petey Well-Known Member

    Seph, tens of thousands die everyday due to famine, why don't they deserve the same treatment as the Polish president and his cabinet. Biased imo.
     
    Petey, Apr 12, 2010
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