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Accidents in this country. this jet does not enjoy a great safety reputation, peter. >> it does not. in fact the safety record of the civil aviation in the former russian republics is pretty terrible as well. jon: the russians have a long history of aviation. they did it pretty well for a long time. what has gone wrong? >> one of the problems is, the tupol ev-1 34 was originally designed back in the late 1960s. were talking about a 50-year-old plane. were talking about kyrgyzstan airlines which ...

Deaths door and today its revived and healthy. >> reporter: and while gm sees the volt as a better product, theyve been down this road before. remember the ev 1, the electric car of the 90s, cutting-edge that fizzled. the chief engineer says theyve learned from ev 1s short comings. >> it had the issue of at some point those batteries o r going to run out and if im nowhere near a plug, youre stuck. with the volt, i think weve really addressed all of those issues. >> reporter: while each charge wi...