TU154 out of Sochi is missing.
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Deep stall perhaps?
One bit I have been musing about is the time of the accident, 0540 in the morning after they already had done a night flight from Moscow. Not the best for fatigue.
Karel, if anything is not set as required on the TU before take off, it will give you a config warning and the take off light won't go out. I'd be very surprised if the stab had not been set as required, of course if that was true, then we'd have a major suspect.
CG is regulated via fuel in the TU, so it should not have been a problem, but of course, who knows.
Karel, if anything is not set as required on the TU before take off, it will give you a config warning and the take off light won't go out. I'd be very surprised if the stab had not been set as required, of course if that was true, then we'd have a major suspect.
CG is regulated via fuel in the TU, so it should not have been a problem, but of course, who knows.
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CAnt the TU154 make it Moscow to Syria non stop? It seems with such a light load a refuelling stop is a bit pointless. Could it perhaps have picked up some cargo in Sochi?
TASS reporting this morning quoting unnamed sorces (quoted by another source, for all that's worth..) that the FDR has been found, and that the most favored theory at present is 'engines ingested some foreign objects causing damage'. Multiple birdstrike... ?
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Tu-154 plane’s flight data recorder recovered from water
The black box will soon be taken to Moscow for deciphering, according to the Russian Defense Ministry
© Artur Lebedev/TASS
MOSCOW, December 27. /TASS/. The flight data recorder of the Tu-154 plane of the Russian Defense Ministry that crashed in the Black Sea on Sunday has been pulled from the water, a law enforcement source told TASS. The Russian Defense Ministry confirmed later that the black box had been recovered from the water.
"The parameter flight data recorder has been recovered from the water. The plane with the black box will soon depart from Sochi to Moscow where it will be deciphered by specialists of the Defense Ministry," the source said.
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TASS: World - Tu-154 plane?s flight data recorder recovered from water
The black box will soon be taken to Moscow for deciphering, according to the Russian Defense Ministry
© Artur Lebedev/TASS
MOSCOW, December 27. /TASS/. The flight data recorder of the Tu-154 plane of the Russian Defense Ministry that crashed in the Black Sea on Sunday has been pulled from the water, a law enforcement source told TASS. The Russian Defense Ministry confirmed later that the black box had been recovered from the water.
"The parameter flight data recorder has been recovered from the water. The plane with the black box will soon depart from Sochi to Moscow where it will be deciphered by specialists of the Defense Ministry," the source said.
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TASS: World - Tu-154 plane?s flight data recorder recovered from water
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Yes, it is possible. Astronomers often observes migration birds at night pictures. TU5 has 3 engines and a loss of one of them should not be fatal. Uncontained failure? Multiple engine failure?
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Geese are well known to fly at night. And seldom alone. Don't know if Sochi is far enough south for this to be likely this time of year. We'll soon know.
As regards the discussion about refuelling, it may make sense to round-trip it with cheap, readily available Russian fuel if uploading in Syria might be a lottery.
Again, not saying this is the case.
As regards the discussion about refuelling, it may make sense to round-trip it with cheap, readily available Russian fuel if uploading in Syria might be a lottery.
Again, not saying this is the case.
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Bird strike ?
ATC `s remark was in the classic McEnroe style of "man you cannot be serious". To add to which mine would have been, as it was not Halloween witches riding on broomsticks may also be crossed off the list of probable cause.
ATC `s remark was in the classic McEnroe style of "man you cannot be serious". To add to which mine would have been, as it was not Halloween witches riding on broomsticks may also be crossed off the list of probable cause.
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About de-icing...
Sochi is a resort city, on approximately the same latitude as Rome. Palm trees grow there. This should give you an idea about the climate.
ETA: Yes, they had the Winter Olympics. Speaks more of corruption than appropriate climate imho.
Sochi is a resort city, on approximately the same latitude as Rome. Palm trees grow there. This should give you an idea about the climate.
ETA: Yes, they had the Winter Olympics. Speaks more of corruption than appropriate climate imho.
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Sochi is a resort city, on approximately the same latitude as Rome. Palm trees grow there. This should give you an idea about the climate.
ETA: Yes, they had the Winter Olympics. Speaks more of corruption than appropriate climate imho.
ETA: Yes, they had the Winter Olympics. Speaks more of corruption than appropriate climate imho.
(By contrast, two years ago it was around -15/-20 by mid December, which is if anything more normal. Last year's December was also mild but we paid for it with blizzards in an absolutely horrible freezing January and a somewhat rubbish spring...)
On the last point, I'm sure you'll not be surprised to learn that the weather at sea level and the weather a few thousand feet up a mountain can be somewhat different. Many of my friends are spending this time of year skiing in the Carpathians despite the mild winter down on the ground.
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Flight Plan Route
Im wondering why they stopped in Sochi?
I looked up the flight plan yesterday (forgot to copy will check tomorrow)its intended routing was in fact NOT a southerly route.
It was due to route East to avoid Georgian FIR-Azerbaijan FIR before heading south into Iran FIR then west into Iraq FIR finaly into Syrian FIR.
It was efectively due to fly east to route joining from the southerly position of the earlier plotted FR24 example.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/a...-85041#bef9574
Another TU-154 followed the sameroute dep URSS at 1500ish UTC.
RA-85072 was due to depart at 2310UTC but did not depart till after 0220UTC
I looked up the flight plan yesterday (forgot to copy will check tomorrow)its intended routing was in fact NOT a southerly route.
It was due to route East to avoid Georgian FIR-Azerbaijan FIR before heading south into Iran FIR then west into Iraq FIR finaly into Syrian FIR.
It was efectively due to fly east to route joining from the southerly position of the earlier plotted FR24 example.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/a...-85041#bef9574
Another TU-154 followed the sameroute dep URSS at 1500ish UTC.
RA-85072 was due to depart at 2310UTC but did not depart till after 0220UTC
Refueling ´planned in Mozdok
The refueling was planned for Mozdok but was changed to Sochi due to bad Wx at Mozdok.
https://sputniknews.com/russia/20161...terror-attack/
https://sputniknews.com/russia/20161...terror-attack/