this post was submitted on 06 Apr 2026
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[–] Sir_Simon_Spamalot@lemmy.world 9 points 12 hours ago

What an "unfortunate accident" ;)

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 10 points 13 hours ago

"#2, you're now #1. Good luck!"

"Thanks, I guess..."

[–] redlemace@lemmy.world 39 points 18 hours ago

Stupid of him to take a window seat

[–] yakko@feddit.uk 26 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

Oh no, what if they replace him with someone who knows how to do war?

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 25 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I think all of them are long gone by now. He will be replaced with some other incompetent sycophant.

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 3 points 8 hours ago

I hope you're right, but I'm afraid there's always a chance of someone competent still existing in the ranks

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 4 points 13 hours ago

Nah, that guy tried to fly a long time ago.

[–] phdepressed@sh.itjust.works 6 points 16 hours ago

Their mercenaries know but they also killed prighozin and certainly aren't letting them get near actual power after the half rebellion.

[–] atropa@piefed.social 29 points 18 hours ago (1 children)
[–] StealthLizardDrop@piefed.social 20 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Wait for it, planes also have windows

[–] jim_v@lemmy.world 7 points 13 hours ago

My plane has Arch, btw.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours ago

That's old news. Why write about it now?

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 8 points 18 hours ago

They couldn't find a building tall enough.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 9 points 18 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Forester@pawb.social 5 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Internal purge most likely. Officially accident likely either equipment failure or pilot error or both.

[–] teyrnon@sh.itjust.works 2 points 14 hours ago

The old fascist pension plan.

[–] daychilde@lemmy.world 7 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Sources at the crash site, speaking to state news agencies Tass and RIA Novosti, confirmed that the plane plummeted into a cliff face.

CFIT, if true. Not defenestration this time, apparently.

[–] Albbi@lemmy.ca 10 points 15 hours ago

Running into a cliff face at speed is like falling out the window of a tall building, just rotated 90°.

[–] A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip 5 points 16 hours ago

The An-26 model, which has been in service since the late 1960s and is also used by airlines for freight, has been involved in a number of deadly crashes over the last decade.