Boss of Total killed in air crash

boisdevie · Post by **boisdevie** » 21 Oct 2014, 06:05

His private jet hit a snow machine at Moscow airport.

Post by **clv101** » 21 Oct 2014, 07:33

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/o ... ay-reports

Sad, he said some sensible things about peak oil when he was head of exploration and production.

nexus · Post by **nexus** » 22 Oct 2014, 10:59

Th snow plough driver is denying that he was drunk.

emordnilap · Post by **emordnilap** » 22 Oct 2014, 11:01

Glad I decided never to have a private jet.

welly160 · Post by **welly160** » 22 Oct 2014, 11:07

Not sure of my view on him. Thoughts?
http://qz.com/284456/christophe-de-marg ... ze-for-it/

PS_RalphW · Post by **PS_RalphW** » 22 Oct 2014, 12:01

This story is murky and generating plenty of conspiracy theories.

Talk of the plane making distress calls and an emergency landing.

Talk of unidentified extra bodies in the wreckage.

Talk of CEO having threatened to sell oil in currencies other than the dollar.

Given that vodka was for a decade the leading cause of death in Russian men, I would not be surprised if the plow driver was drunk.

That wouldn't automatically make him the sole cause of this crash.