Why Tu-22М3 did not go to the second round or alternate aerodrome
There are reports from the Murmansk region that the condition of the Tu-22М3 missile carrier surviving at the time of the crash at the military airfield of Olenegorsk is satisfactory. This allows the victim to be transported to a Moscow military hospital. For this purpose, a special defense mission of the Ministry of Defense with a medical team arrives in Olenegorsk. A special board at the Olenya air base also arrived at the military department commission.
Meanwhile, experts continue to discuss the cause of the crash of a long-range supersonic airplane aviation. Recall that the official version - the plane made a “hard landing” and collapsed after touching the runway, as it fell into a snow charge. We are talking about difficult weather conditions with heavy snowfall and sharp gusts of wind, the speed of which was up to 30 m / s. According to some reports, the "tower" advised the commander to leave for the alternate aerodrome, but in the end, nevertheless, a decision was made to approach exactly in Olenegorsk.
At the same time, flight instructions indicate that if during a landing approach a snow charge manifests itself, then you need to go to the second round. In that case, why didn't the missile carrier go to the second (subsequent) lap or alternate aerodrome?
In such a situation, an assumption is expressed: in fact, the pilots might well have tried to carry out a go-around, but the height was already too small, and the crew “lost the runway” when landing. In other words, the landing itself could have been carried out not even at the aerodrome's concrete ground, but “past the runway” (by the way, some media announced that one of the reasons for the destruction of the aircraft was the “humped” runway, but the exact data that 22М3 finally got into it under the conditions of a snow charge, no).
Meanwhile, meteorological reports on weather in the Olenegorsk region confirm the fact of snow charges, and also suggest that the bottom edge of the cloud layer descended during the landing of Tu-22М3 for landing at a height of less than 100 m. This is “critical” low clouds for to plant such a plane.
The commission, which arrived in Olenegorsk, establishes all the details of the disaster, studies the crew’s negotiations with the "tower" of the airfield.
Meanwhile, experts continue to discuss the cause of the crash of a long-range supersonic airplane aviation. Recall that the official version - the plane made a “hard landing” and collapsed after touching the runway, as it fell into a snow charge. We are talking about difficult weather conditions with heavy snowfall and sharp gusts of wind, the speed of which was up to 30 m / s. According to some reports, the "tower" advised the commander to leave for the alternate aerodrome, but in the end, nevertheless, a decision was made to approach exactly in Olenegorsk.
At the same time, flight instructions indicate that if during a landing approach a snow charge manifests itself, then you need to go to the second round. In that case, why didn't the missile carrier go to the second (subsequent) lap or alternate aerodrome?
In such a situation, an assumption is expressed: in fact, the pilots might well have tried to carry out a go-around, but the height was already too small, and the crew “lost the runway” when landing. In other words, the landing itself could have been carried out not even at the aerodrome's concrete ground, but “past the runway” (by the way, some media announced that one of the reasons for the destruction of the aircraft was the “humped” runway, but the exact data that 22М3 finally got into it under the conditions of a snow charge, no).
Meanwhile, meteorological reports on weather in the Olenegorsk region confirm the fact of snow charges, and also suggest that the bottom edge of the cloud layer descended during the landing of Tu-22М3 for landing at a height of less than 100 m. This is “critical” low clouds for to plant such a plane.
The commission, which arrived in Olenegorsk, establishes all the details of the disaster, studies the crew’s negotiations with the "tower" of the airfield.
- Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation
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