Originally Posted by fyrefli
Do we have anything on the history of the crew? Bearing in mind the location of the incident, are Unctuous and Overtalk also intimating that the difference between Soviet-style and Western (for want of better descriptions) artificial horizon displays might come into play here?
Cheers,
Rich.
According to the Novosti, the "crew commander (-> Captain?) was one of the most experienced pilots and had flown Airbus airliners for years". Name of the crew commander sounds armenian for me. -> Quoted from airline press release.