indeed, sad as it is, our rediculous headline obsessed media only report on the issue-de-jour. Had it not been for the Madrid crash, then I doubt the one in Bishkek would have even made the news.
The majority of the worlds air crashes occur in africa, far east and former soviet union - how many of them make the news?
Will be in Bishkek again myself later in the week . The terrain is unforgiving of any problems. Circa 20,000 ft of terrain only a few miles from the centre line. Fine if you have situational awareness and everything is going to plan, but unforgiving of even a minor lapse (not suggesting that this is the case)
Also 2500 ft airfiled elevation and pretty darned hot at this time of year (high 20's at least, 30's quite common). Again not necessarily an issue, but theres quite a few holes already lined up there if something goes badly wrong.