Beagle
01-19-2006, 03:51 PM
A Russian Su-24 frontline bomber has crashed at a Far East airport. No one was hurt in the crash.
The incident took place at Vozhayevka airport in the Amur region on Monday, Interfax news agency quoted the head of the Flight Security Service to the Russian Armed Forces, Major General Sergei Bainetov, as saying.
The pilots managed to eject and are alive. There were no reports of any casualties in the incident.
According to preliminary information, the crash was caused by a technical failure.
At the end of December, a Russian MI-8 helicopter crashed in northeastern Siberia, killing one. In October a Russian Su-27 fighter crashed on the territory of Lithuania.
http://www.mosnews.com/news/2006/01/16/bombercrash.shtml
The Russian Su-24MR that crash on Monday suffered from problems with its swing-wing configuration as it tries to land.
The wing could not move to its landing position and the crew made 20 attempts to land before ejecting.
http://www.alert5.com/2006/01/crashed-bomber-victim-of-technical.html
The incident took place at Vozhayevka airport in the Amur region on Monday, Interfax news agency quoted the head of the Flight Security Service to the Russian Armed Forces, Major General Sergei Bainetov, as saying.
The pilots managed to eject and are alive. There were no reports of any casualties in the incident.
According to preliminary information, the crash was caused by a technical failure.
At the end of December, a Russian MI-8 helicopter crashed in northeastern Siberia, killing one. In October a Russian Su-27 fighter crashed on the territory of Lithuania.
http://www.mosnews.com/news/2006/01/16/bombercrash.shtml
The Russian Su-24MR that crash on Monday suffered from problems with its swing-wing configuration as it tries to land.
The wing could not move to its landing position and the crew made 20 attempts to land before ejecting.
http://www.alert5.com/2006/01/crashed-bomber-victim-of-technical.html