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Irish Times: Investigators say human error may have caused Russia plane crash

Published Feb. 14, 2018 at 3:58 pm

Russian Emergency Ministry rescuers work at the site of a plane crash in Ramensky district, on the outskirts of Moscow on February 12, 2018The Antonov An-148 plane went down in the Ramensky district around 70 kilometres (44 miles) southeast of Moscow after taking off from Domodedovo airport in the Russian capital and disappearing off the radar at 2:28 pm (1128 GMT) on February 11. "Sixty-five passengers and six crew members were on board, and all of them died," Russia's office of transport investigations said in a statement. / AFP PHOTO / Vasily MAXIMOV

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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.

After studying the An-148’s flight data recorder, the Interstate Aviation Committee said Sunday’s crash near Moscow occurred after the pilots saw conflicting data on the plane’s two air speed indicators.