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Tuesday, 2 July, 2002, 12:51 GMT 13:51 UK
Russian airline's 'good safety record'
Bashkirian Airlines split 10 years ago from Aeroflot
Before one of them collided with a cargo jet in mid-air, Bashkirian Airlines had eight Tupolev 154s in its fleet of 39 Soviet-designed planes.
The state carrier for the Russian Republic of Bashkortostan, Bashkirian was one of 400 companies formed after the Soviet-era Aeroflot airline was broken up.
The former Soviet air fleet has been plagued by safety problems since the collapse of the Communist regime in 1991. Accidents have generally been attributed to cash shortages, which lower already poor maintenance standards and place extra pressure on air crews. But Russian aviation expert Paul Duffy says Bashkirian Airlines had not had any serious accidents in the past 10 years since it separated from Aeroflot. "If you had asked me yesterday, I would have said the airline is quite safe," he said. Some of the more serious passenger plane crashes involving the airlines serving the former Soviet republics include:
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