Human error may be to blame for the Russian plane crash that killed 71 people, investigators said, noting that the plane’s pilots failed to turn on the heating unit for its measuring equipment, resulting in flawed speed data. Human error may be to blame for the Russian plane crash that killed 71 people, investigators said, noting that the plane’s pilots failed to turn on the heating unit for its measuring equipment, resulting in flawed speed data. One indicator showed the plane’s speed at zero, investigators said. The aviation committee’s description of the Moscow crash resembled the 2009 crash of an Air France Airbus 330 over the Atlantic Ocean, which killed all 228 people aboard. Saratov Airlines has grounded other An-148s in its fleet pending the Moscow crash investigation.

Source: Irish Independent February 13, 2018 17:48 UTC