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Fatalities

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45/45 - should it not be 44/45 as one survived, refer to Wikipedia article regarding the accident — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.181.87.52 (talk) 09:44, 14 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Swedeish media say 43 dead... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.187.87.10 (talk) 16:19, 14 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Cubana

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Please note that yhe Yak-42 is currently being used in Cuba by Cubana Airlines they have several aircraft in service.

What is "clobber"?

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Dear colleagues from the NATO countries, can somebody tell me what is the meaning of the word "clobber" in the context of the NATO nickname "Clobber" for Yak-42 aircraft? There are several meanings in the dictionaries and there is currently a discussion in the Russian wikipedia, which meaning is the intended one. Thanks in advance, Sergei Gutnikov (talk) 20:33, 12 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

With respect to its use as a code name, the word "Clobber" doesn't (and needn't) mean anything. Codes names were meant only to be distinctive and unmistakable identifiers for various Communist-bloc hardware.--172.190.43.192 (talk) 02:47, 5 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]