Geez indeed, but hardly relevant to this crash. Second time recently that Reuters is adding dramatic fluff to their articles
This:
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The Soviet-era plane type, still used for military and civilian flights in some countries, has been involved in dozens of deadly crashes since it entered service around 50 years ago.
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-provides no value. "Soviet era" wasn't that long ago.. 70s and 80s.. up until recently Delta was also flying "Soviet era" MD-88s in their fleet.. and dozens of Airbus / Boeing / Douglas planes have also had accidents.
This:
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An Antonov-28, a similar plane, slammed into a Kamchatka forest in 2012 in a crash that killed 10 people along the same route. Investigators said both pilots were drunk at the time of the crash.
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-is especially irrelevant to the article, is there an insinuation that these pilots were also intoxicated. And "drunk" is a surprising colloquialism to use in a respected worldwide new publication
