View Full Version : Russian TU-22M3 bomber crash last week
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHMSSU_XyxU
Horrendous crash on landing, skip to 1 min 18. The plane seems to fold in half.
1 survivor, 3 dead.
Sir Trev
28-01-19, 06:41 PM
Try watching it at 0.25 speed - spooky the way it breaks up. Looks like this model has an extra landing gear in the fuselage between the nose gear and wing positions and it seemed to come apart above this point. Nasty.
zsv650s
28-01-19, 07:52 PM
Very nasty rip the crew.
SV650rules
28-01-19, 09:24 PM
Seemed to be approaching the ground very fast, maybe due to visual conditions the pilot could not clearly see the ground and landed before he thought he was going to, did not notice the plane 'flaring' ( no joke ) before landing to lift the nose and make sure main wheels touched ground first and then the nosewheel.
What it normally looks like:
http://www.ausairpower.net/V-MF/000-Backfire-C-8S.jpg
It looks like it broke its back near the start of the wing root.
garynortheast
29-01-19, 10:26 AM
That was absolutely horrific!
SV650rules
29-01-19, 03:12 PM
That plane has the look of a General dynamics F111 about it, particularly the nose and cockpit, I know the F111 is smaller with crew of 2.
I guess with lack of money in Russia their military stuff may not be getting the TLC that complex stuff needs.
Biker Biggles
29-01-19, 03:44 PM
Looked like the rate of decsent was too high and it hit the ground far too hard and broke up.
Luckypants
30-01-19, 09:35 AM
Poor weather conditions so the pilot would have lost the ground in the white of the fog and laying snow. Not sure if Russian military have ILS or if they just have a visual system like the old VARSI?
That plane has the look of a General dynamics F111 about it, particularly the nose and cockpit, I know the F111 is smaller with crew of 2.
I guess with lack of money in Russia their military stuff may not be getting the TLC that complex stuff needs.
Actually, the Tu22 fleet is in the process of getting upgrades to the latest version.
Luckypants
30-01-19, 02:43 PM
Amen to that. Putin has put a lot cash back into the military.
SV650rules
30-01-19, 03:21 PM
Is that the upgrades paid for by Germany / EU buying Russian gas, no wonder Trump was concerned about Germany giving money to Russia instead of NATO.
punyXpress
02-02-19, 12:30 PM
April 1968
Was going out with a BOAC stewardess and she cancelled a date as she had to go to Australia.
This was the dreadful outcome: 127 passengers and crew were on board, and shortly after take-off there was a loud bang and a fire started in a port engine which fell off.
The pilot was able to turn the plane and make an emergency landing, by which time the plane was well alight. Rescue services were primitive in those days, but only 5 died, including Jane Harrison, who stood by her post.
For her immense bravery and commitment, she was posthumously awarded the George Cross, the only one at the time in peacetime and at the age of 22.
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