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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. we're talking about a 50-year-old plane. we're talking about kyrgyzstan airlines which is shaky at best. they have got about 15 planes that they're flying. they're flying into an airpor...

Death's door and today it's revived and healthy. >> reporter: and while gm sees the volt as a better product, they've been down this road before. remember the ev 1, the electric car of the '90s, cutting-edge that fizzled. the chief engineer says they've learned from ev 1's short comings. >> it had the issue of at some point those batteries o r going to run out and if i'm nowhere near a plug, you're stuck. with the volt, i think we've really addressed all of those issues. >> reporter: while each charge will only drive the volt 40 miles, once the battery runs low, the gas engine kicks in. but th...