The collapse of the Russian aircraft Be-12 in Ukraine
Black Sea Plane fleet Russia crashed in Ukraine. Three crew members were killed, one more with injuries was taken to the hospital. According to preliminary data, the plane could not cope with the maneuver and, having landed on the wing, crashed.Anti-submarine amphibious aircraft Be-12, crashed in Ukraine, crashed while landing, told RIA News Colonel Igor Konashenkov, the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense. "The crash occurred while performing a planned flight during the approach of the aircraft to land at the Kacha airfield 50 kilometers from Sevastopol," he said.
Three crew members died. Another crew member was wounded - he was taken to the hospital of the Black Sea Fleet of Russia. "It was established that the commander, the co-pilot and the navigator were killed among the crew members, the radio operator was slightly injured, his life was out of danger. The flight was carried out without ammunition," said the colonel.
The plane crashed, not reaching the runway. Earlier it was reported that the cause of an emergency could be the failure of one of the engines. The Be-12 is almost completely destroyed - only the tail section remained intact, which helped the radio operator survive, a source in the military investigative bodies said. “As a result, the car crashed near the runway and collapsed almost completely,” he said.
According to the article on violation of flight rules or preparation for them, a criminal case has been initiated into the crash of the Be-12 plane, the press service of the Main Military Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of Russia reports. According to the department, now the crash site is cordoned off. With the onset of daylight, investigators will proceed to inspect the scene. "Documentation is withdrawn from the military unit in accordance with which this training flight was carried out. In the near future it is planned to question the technical personnel who participated in preparing the aircraft for departure, as well as the officials who led the flight," the GVSU said.
A forensic investigator flew to the scene of the accident. The preliminary investigation in the criminal case continues. "The crashed Be-12 aircraft was in combat aviation The Black Sea Fleet is over 30 years old, "he said.
The amphibious aircraft Be-12, previously in service with all the fleets of the Navy of the USSR and Russia, have so far remained only as part of the Black Sea Fleet. Flights of the Be-12 type aircraft were discontinued until the exact causes of the crash were ascertained.
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