Originally Posted by dimitrik
from the comments on avsim.ru where the video was originally posted:
military flight school, 2 students on their 2nd solo
No injures but A/C written off (nosegear went through the floor, other damage)
left-seat student expelled, the other is to repeat a term
Oh come on! Please tell me the Russians aren't that stupid. Who on earth puts two student/trainee pilots in BOTH seats on a multi crew transport aircraft and then sends them solo?
More likely the Russian website suffers from the same problem as Pprune with amateurs speculating about tings they know nothing about!
Tell me it isn't true.