Thee squadron'sformer commander had been killedin action. Combatlosses were mounting andpilots were being killed in noncombatcrashesdue topoormaintenanceofplanes.
Seiko wrote there was a similar fire in Kabukicho,Japan in two thousand one: "The building had a fire alarm apparatus but the switch was turned off because of poor maintenance.
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Gazprom denies it was at fault and blames the explosion on poormaintenanceof the pipeline.