MI-28N crash during display at Ryazan airbase in Russia

[sitigeltfel]

rfr1QRBnWYs

One fatality and one serious injury reported.

:sad:

[Fonsini]

The Russians seem to be suffering very high military aviation accident rates of late.

I'm not suggesting this as a factor in this incident but reducing spending and support for your Air Force over many years and then suddenly telling them to ramp up the number and difficulty of sorties is bound to have some unforseen consequences.

Sympathies for the dead Commander, RIP.

[atakacs]

Nothing obvious out of this dramatic footage... The aircraft seems structurally intact till impact. If it was an engine issue they had plenty of space for an auto rotation. Sad.

[ORAC]

Tail rotor shaft failure?

[Duchess_Driver]

I am a) not an expert and b) not a helicopter pilot, but it looks like the tail rotor speed reduces as the aircraft begins to spiral down.

It could, however, be a trick of the frame rate / camera etc....

[ImageGear]

Not an expert but to my eye looks like power failure going up to the vertical even as or before the flares are dumped. (The other Heli appears to pass him in the climb. It might just be the camera strobing but it also looks like bits are missing from the tail rotor.

Good attempt at recovery but a very sad outcome.

RIP

Imagegear.

[switch_on_lofty]

Nothing obvious apart from the;
tail rotor appearing to slow down and the aircraft spinning continuously in Yaw until it hits the ground. My theory would be that the power demand to hover at the top of the cyclic climb was the final straw for some part of the transmission.
RIP.

[Fareastdriver]

All M28s grounded. Full story here. Helicopter crashes at airshow in Russia, 1 pilot dead (PHOTOS, VIDEO) ? RT News (http://www.rt.com/news/311373-helicopter-crashes-airshow-aviadarts/)

[atakacs]

Anyone knows what the "hydraulic boost system" referred to in the RT article is?

[Tourist]

I'm guessing that is just a translation of the hydraulic systems.

One thing we can say for sure is that the aircraft has fantastic crashworthy seats.

p.s. Not that it in any way looks like an engine failure issue, but I would not have described it as "plenty of space for autorotation" at all.

[glad rag]

Video: RAF Typhoons intercept 10 Russian planes on single patrol - Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/defence/11777439/RAF-Typhoons-intercept-10-Russian-planes-on-single-patrol.html)

No tears from me, just one less to worry about.

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/02/04/uk-ukraine-crisis-russia-nuclear-insight-idUKKBN0L825A20150204

[AreOut]

they'll just make another one, or two

losing experienced pilot is bigger loss

[glad rag]

For clarification, was commenting about the hardware; however I'm sure that the aircrews are just as capable of following orders as previous generations..

[Pensarikka]

What you think about vortex ring state?

[dagenham]

Glad Rag..... there is simply no need for that for obvious reasons. Pretty bad weekend for everyone, irrespective of your cap badge.

[glad rag]

Glad Rag..... there is simply no need for that for obvious reasons. Pretty bad weekend for everyone, irrespective of your cap badge.

:ugh::ugh::ugh::ugh::ugh:

toddle pip old boy

[charliegolf]

What kind of harness was the survivor wearing?

[Surplus]

RIP a fellow aviator, no matter what your nationality, a family is grieving tonight.