Another prominent Russian dies, this time after falling down several flights of stairs

A top aviation scientist is the latest prominent Russian to die under suspicious circumstances, apparently suffering a fall “from a great height” at a building under construction.

Anatoly Gerashchenko, the former head of the Moscow Aviation Institute, an engineering school in the capital, died earlier this week at the school, multiple news outlets, both in Russia and internationally, reported.

While information remains limited about the specifics of his death, Izvestia, a Russian news website, reported that he “fell from a great height, flying (down) several flights of stairs,” according to a translation of the article.

Medics, Izvestia reported, arrived on scene and pronounced Gerashchenko dead.

Moskovskij Komsomolets, a Russian newspaper, said that Gerashchenko had been visiting the school to supervise construction of a new building, when he lost his footing on the third floor.

“Unfortunately, the workers did not have time to install the railings — they were temporarily replaced by fencing tape,” the article said . “Most likely, Gerashchenko did not see the boundaries of the stairs and stumbled. The elderly adviser could hardly see with his right eye.”

Now if you believe all that crap, I have some dry land in Florida for sale.

What is fencing tape. Who builds a fence out of tape like this.