Eastern-Built Aircraft Safety Under Scrutiny

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The crash of a Pamir Airways ­Antonov An-24B in Afghanistan is reviving concerns about the safety of aircraft manufactured in former Soviet republics. At 9:30 a.m. local time on May 17, Flight PM-112 was en route to Kabul from Kunduz in northern Afghanistan with 44 people, when the 38-year-old twin...

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