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| Bird takes down a Russian SU-30 SM at Hmeimim airfield |
| 2018-05-03 |
| "A Russian fighter plane Su-30SM crashed over the Mediterranean Sea at 9:45 Moscow time, just after taking off from Hmeimim airfield. The two pilots, who fought for the plane until the last minute, according to a report, are dead, "reads the statement. The cause of the disaster could be a bird sneaking into the engine of the plane, the statement said. "There was no flaming impact on the plane," concluded the Russian Defense Ministry. Some photos that show the crash were posted on social networks. |
| Posted by:3dc |
| #2 ...Russian seats are amazing, but it makes no difference how good they are if you wait too long to pull the bang handles. On top of that, I think there's probably a lot of pressure on Russian aircrew not to lose any aircraft - they don't have the reserve they used to, and it's doing some serious damage to their supply and logistics stocks to keep the few they have operating out there. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2018-05-03 17:47 |
| #1 Odd as the Russian ejection seats looked pretty good in videos I saw. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2018-05-03 07:19 |