Thanks Karel_x. Here's the APN article google translated:
01/18/2013 Sergey Kuzmin
"Wings" Lebedev did not reach
Why planes do not just fall
December 29 at the airport "Vnukovo" aircraft "Tu-204", belonging to airline Red Wings, skidded off the runway, broke through the fence and broke into three pieces, fell to Kiev highway. Fortunately the plane back from the Czech Republic without passengers. However, the casualties could not be avoided - the deaths of four of the eight members of the crew. To convince people who know the aircraft, aircraft do not fall for a reason. Especially passenger, especially such reliable as "Tu-204". As a rule, with very few exceptions (about one per million), planes fall on a very specific reason.
Now available for editorial appeared the first results of the investigation of an accident at the airport "Vnukovo" December 29, 2012. These materials are provided me with some officials close to the leadership of "Vnukovo" and the airline on the condition of anonymity. But before considering them, I want to recall almost identical incident with the aircraft of the same airline at Novosibirsk airport a week earlier. Skidded off the strip, the plane fell into a ravine and so severely damaged. The repetition of the situation in "Vnukovo", "carcass" was only saved by the fact that after the ravine was not any major obstacles - just a few months before this incident power Tolmachevo demolished concrete wall, which was just behind the ravine. If it does not, then it is possible that a similar disaster happened and how on December 21.
It is these two seemingly similar incident gave occasion to say that the aircraft allegedly brakes failed. Immediately after the incident at "Vnukovo" in the press somehow magically appeared that, they say, due to the state of emergency in Novosibirsk Rosaviatsia has already sent a letter to the Bank "Tupolev" with a certain requirement to eliminate defects in the braking system of the first 204. That is, the airline is not to blame - it's workmanship. Here you have a version of brake failure. But the paradox is that, for these two professionals of identical incident clearly showed from the start that with the aircraft as it was in the time locks - and some serious errors made it crew. Why? Because it is necessary to understand that the aircraft landing brake is not like a car. This is a very complex process, which involved dozens of liner systems. And it is doubtful that they are denied all at once, and twice in one week, and on two different planes. And more to the modern passenger liners, and specifically on the "Tu-204", the braking system is duplicated (by the way, like all systems of the plane) and if after 5 seconds after the touch is not braking the aircraft, it begins to slow down on their own (I stress that describe very roughly, because once again - this is a very complex technical process). And if this does not happen automatically, then the conclusion is obvious - the pilots of powered flight, and made a mistake somewhere.
And now the first official information. Attention, removing first indications of control sensors with aircrafts at the airport "Tolmachevo" (Novosibirsk) December 20, and "Vnukovo" December 27 experts found:
- First signal "compression struts" left landing gear was missing in both cases (so far, take this information in a form below, I'll explain what that means)
- Secondly, engines 1 and 2 (in the case of "Vnukovo" at least one engine so worked) worked on a line drawn without relaying on the reverse thrust reversers
And third, the spoilers (flaps), and air brakes were retracted!
Just imagine, this means that in both cases the pilots or simply did not control the process of landing, or simply elementary did not know how their ship in this mode. More of the materials that fall at my disposal begins to show why the pilots were behaving that way in these incidents.
There is a clear axiom that leads to an accident a range of reasons. And look, as is the case with the "Red Wings".
Preliminary records of the investigation have shown that the pilots "Red Wings", most likely, simply were not adequately prepared. At least, they have not been trained on the simulator on a number of mandatory training for pilots, and I stress, it is on this plane - "Tu-204". Judge for yourself.
Mandatory training pilots on a simulator at operation with a ground proximity warning systems and prevention of collision with another vessel was not done. Here, the objective, in our country there is simply no simulator "Tu-204" with such opportunities. Training of crew carried in the cabin, but the airline did not have developed techniques such training.
Then, again in the book of pilots shall record that they have been training with the machine to prevent stalling the aircraft. But again in Russia there are no simulators, that is appears that this record - lime!
Finally the internal orders airlines allowed access to the pilots operating the vessel, was not confirmed, roughly speaking, their specific skills in the training center. And this is a direct contradiction of the requirements of federal law. Imagine if in the final materials investigation revealed that the company management dispatched into complex meteusloviya not trained crew, but still in violation of federal regulations? And judging by the documents that were available to me, it was all for it and goes.
But we go further. All of the above, it is still only part of the problem. As professionals, the ship begins its mission on earth.
Already, experts found that the internal control and audit of the airline just did not work. Roughly speaking, the airline did not study their mistakes - hence the two consecutive identical incident "Tolmachevo" and "Vnukovo". Further, it was found that the burden on the engineering staff airline was increased (either saved, or really good engineers is not enough) and the company management often uses the services of professionals, who simply do not bear any personal responsibility for the quality of the vessel. Moreover, in all the airlines, there was a Special flight instructor, who must decrypt all data on piloting aircraft airline pilots and provide a daily report on the safety management of airline pilot. Roughly constantly monitor pilots. But the airlines 'Red Wings' flight instructor simply did not.
And now, the next key point. Experts have found that the service safety of airline "Red Wings" "is not implemented in full." In particular, does not reveal the actual and potential safety hazards and take corrective actions necessary for keeping the safety performance. There is no actual analysis of errors in the technique of piloting crews. And then, frankly, all the hair stand on end:
- Of the 45 transcripts reviewed by the Board of one of the aircraft commander of the vessel, "Red Wings" in the 21 th case contains high speed landing, indicating way to care for piloting glisadu (that is, roughly speaking violations route touchdown) and landing on small angles pitch, resulting in a normalized flight landing area and the probability of rolling out beyond GDP
Can you imagine, it turns out that the airline "Red Wings" is actually long and hard was the death of four of its pilots.
I am sure that in the final materials to investigate the incident, "Red Wings" we learn a lot more glaring detail. And this stuff I want to finish a reminder almost a similar case in 2010, with the aircraft "Tu-204", owned airline "Aviastar-TU". Then there was a very similar incident. March 22 at the approach to the airfield "Domodedovo" plane missed the runway and landed in the woods. Miraculously, there were no casualties, as well as the aircraft was returning empty from Hurghada after the charter flight. But the plane was completely destroyed - also broke into three pieces.
Again wrote that the aircraft with flight refused onboard computer. But the commission of the International Aviation Committee found virtually the same set of violations, as in the case with the "Red Wings": pilots do not fully prepared, there are a number of violations in the airline, and together, all this has led to a severe accident. And in some detail just what event coincided with what happened in "Vnukovo" and "Tolmachevo". Then even a criminal case was instituted, and the airline does not even license taken away. And now I want to ask one question: how much we, potential passengers will tolerate all this - after all, what is happening today in some airlines - is the actual mass murder because of the negligence and greed of the owners of airlines. And to illustrate the end of another figure: the incident with the aircraft «RW» occur regularly (while only talking about this company.) This company operates a total of eight aircraft - all of them "Tu-204". And more recently - the main park began to come to the carrier in 2007. And if you take the official statistics, from 2008 to 2010 there was a total of 12 serious accidents involving airliners "Tu-2004", which really could have led to loss of life. Of these, seven of RW! That is, these statistics are just screaming that the "Red Wings" something was wrong, but no one responded until the case came to Mr. corpses. Is it possible that this time it can get away with owners and managers of airlines, because it turns out that they are responsible for the death of four people.