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Russian Crashes Update 1 Tom Rudd FP

Update. The Russian Federal Security Service said Aug. 27 that traces of the explosive hexogen were detected in the wreckage of one of the two aircraft that crashed three days earlier. FSS spokesman Nikolai Zakharov said on Russian television that elements of the explosive were found in the debris of the Tu-154 jetliner. Meanwhile, a militant Islamist group claimed responsibility for downing the two commercial jets. The Islambouli Brigades claimed on a Jihadist Web site that five Mujahideen were32229

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Russian Crashes Update 1 Tom Rudd FP

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    1. Russian Crashes Update 1 Tom Rudd FP/AT Officer I Corps and Fort Lewis

    2. Update The Russian Federal Security Service said Aug. 27 that traces of the explosive hexogen were detected in the wreckage of one of the two aircraft that crashed three days earlier. FSS spokesman Nikolai Zakharov said on Russian television that elements of the explosive were found in the debris of the Tu-154 jetliner. Meanwhile, a militant Islamist group claimed responsibility for downing the two commercial jets. The Islambouli Brigades claimed on a Jihadist Web site that five Mujahideen were on board each plane and said that their wills would be released soon.

    3. Hexogen RDX (Hexogen) RDX is also known as Hexogen, Cyclonite and Cyclotri-methylene Trinitramine. This explosive compound has an extremely low volatility. It is a white solid with a density of 1.806 g/cc and nitrogen content of 37.84%. Military grade RDX is offered in accordance with MIL-R-398C. Formula: C3H6N6O6 Elements: Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen Notes: Detonates on contact with mercury fulminate

    4. Background MOSCOW, Wednesday, Aug. 25 - Two Russian passenger jets on domestic flights crashed nearly simultaneously after departing from the same terminal in Moscow on Tuesday night, officials said. At least 88 people were presumed dead. While precise details surrounding the crashes were unclear, the Russian news service Interfax, citing an anonymous official source, reported that minutes after the first plane went down, the second jet issued a distress signal indicating it had been hijacked. Then it, too, disappeared from radar.

    5. TU 134 SPECS First flight:1963 Production total:725built Production ended: 19.. Series: -, A, A-3, B-3 Propulsion:2 jet engines Max. nr of passengers:86

    6. Crash 1 Wreckage of the first plane, Volga AviaExpress Flight 1303, a Tupelov-134 en route to Volgograd, was found in the Tula region, about 100 miles south of Moscow, after disappearing from radar at about 10:56 p.m. The plane was reported to have carried at least 34 passengers and a crew of 8. Interfax reported that the plane was flown by the airline's general director, whom the company described as an experienced pilot. No survivors were found, according to initial reports. Witnesses near the town of Kimovsk, in the Tula region, told authorities that the plane exploded before it fell from the sky, according to Interfax, which also reported that a portion of the aircraft's tail and fuselage had been discovered.

    7. TU 154 SPECS First flight:1968 Production total:923+built Production ended: 19.. Series: -, A, B, B-1, B-2, M Propulsion:3 jet engines Max. nr of passengers:180

    8. 2d Crash The second aircraft, Sibir Airlines Flight 1047, a Tupolev-154 bound for Sochi, disappeared from radar over the Rostov-on-Don region, about 500 miles south of Moscow near Russia's border with Ukraine, minutes after the first jet crashed. A ground fire was reported in the region near the village of Zelenovka in the predawn darkness on Wednesday. The Sibir Airlines flight was initially reported to have carried 38 passengers and 8 crew members, although a later report said the plane may have carried 6 more passengers, for a total of 52 people on board. "Flight 1047 disappeared from the radar of air traffic controllers at around 23:00,"

    9. 911 similarities During the 9/11 attacks all three aircraft carried less than capacity loads In the Russian incidents, both Aircraft carried less that a full passenger load Crash 1 Capacity 86 Headcount 34 PAX + 8 Crew Crash 2 Capacity 180 Headcount 44 PAX + 8 Crew

    10. POC I Corps and Fort Lewis FP/ATO Mr Tom Rudd Ruddthom@lewis.army.mil

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