Войти

Russian authorities will investigate the incident with the Tu-22M3 near Kaluga

1667
0
-1
Image source: Фото: Сырица Михаил / «Коммерсантъ»

The Russian authorities will conduct a trial in connection with the incident with the Tu-22M3 long-range bomber at the Shaikovka airfield near Kaluga, which killed three soldiers. This was announced by Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov, who oversees the military-industrial complex, RIA Novosti reports .

"We will still sort it out," he told reporters.

The incident with the Tu-22M3 at the Shaikovka airfield became known on Tuesday, March 23. Initially, it was reported that the plane crashed or made an emergency landing. Later, there was information that the emergency occurred on the ground — the bomber's catapults worked abnormally. Three soldiers were killed. One pilot survived: he managed to fasten his seat belt, while the others were still attached to the cockpit. There are no casualties among the local residents.

Hero of Russia, test pilot Anatoly Knyshov suggested that the cause of the abnormal operation of the catapult on the bomber could be sabotage. According to him, the ejection system "has been tested for decades" and is used only when the aircraft engine fails and the speed decreases sharply. In the case of the incident near Kaluga, there were no prerequisites for bringing the mechanism into action, since the Tu-22M3 was on the ground.

The Tu-22M3 is a modification of the Soviet supersonic Tu-22M bomber. The aircraft is designed to engage ground and sea targets from high, medium and low altitudes. It was adopted in 1989 and became the most popular long-range bomber. Tu-22M3 bombers participated in operations in Syria.


Artem Andreev

The rights to this material belong to
The material is placed by the copyright holder in the public domain
  • The news mentions
Продукция
Do you want to leave a comment? Register and/or Log in
ПОДПИСКА НА НОВОСТИ
Ежедневная рассылка новостей ВПК на электронный почтовый ящик
  • Discussion
    Update
  • 05.07 22:18
  • 9572
Without carrot and stick. Russia has deprived America of its usual levers of influence
  • 05.07 18:04
  • 4
Expert Kuzyakin: Ukraine uses marketing to recruit Russian citizens
  • 05.07 14:23
  • 11
В США порассуждали о новой роли стареющих штурмовиков A-10
  • 05.07 10:05
  • 3
В добавление к "Интеллектуальные способности высших военных командиров"
  • 05.07 04:06
  • 3
Российскую лазерную систему ПВО применят против украинского «Лютого»
  • 04.07 12:28
  • 1
"Tested on Russian drones": Sweden recognizes the start of deliveries of the Tridon Mk2 air defense system to Ukraine
  • 04.07 11:48
  • 1
Путин: российские штурмовики "без всяких роботов" действуют эффективно
  • 04.07 11:22
  • 2
The alarming US decision to suspend arms supplies to Ukraine (The Economist, UK)
  • 04.07 08:52
  • 459
Израиль усиливает меры безопасности в связи с опасениями ударов со стороны Ирана
  • 04.07 03:47
  • 1
Is Europe ready for war? (Financial Times, UK)
  • 04.07 03:20
  • 1
Ростех запускает свой токен RUBx
  • 04.07 02:45
  • 1
Миронов предложил создать морские ЧВК для охраны торгового флота
  • 04.07 02:40
  • 0
Ответ на "«Полный провал конкурента С-400»: в индийской прессе раскритиковали дебют китайского ЗРК HQ-9B на поле боя"
  • 03.07 17:40
  • 1100
Израиль "готовился не к той войне" — и оказался уязвим перед ХАМАС
  • 03.07 14:31
  • 6
"An order for hundreds of vehicles is possible": the Slovak Wolf 25 AD armored anti-drone vehicle is being tested in Ukraine