An-26 down in Syria

[Kulverstukas]

An-26 is down at approach at Khmeimim airbase. Reported that 26 on board and 6 crew is dead. Probably technical malfunction.

[A0283]

Russian plane crash in Syria 'kills 32' - BBC News (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43305835)

[Kulverstukas]

Down 500m short of rwy, "no evidence if plane was shoot down" Defence Min. reports.

[Kulverstukas]

RF-92955/52 RED

https://russianplanes.net/images/to165000/164316.jpg

[Kulverstukas]

For those who have a FB account, here is the clip of the respectiv app & crash...may they RIP!
Impressive images...

https://www.facebook.com/abo.hamza999/posts/175413273095579



This video is from 30.05.17 accident (http://war.airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=199) RF-36160 / 79 RED in Balashov

[Patanom]

There are intresting pictures of the local datum. If local datum has priority, that it can explain such incindents.
AN26 - the difference altitude - 20 m , 3 % it is abt 600 m before treshold of the runway.
214 SFO
https://yandex.ru/video/search?filmId=6286160900613973191&text=video%20landing%20in%20san%20francisco%20214&noreask=1&path=wizard&reqid=1520477597113122-207954247039450524016932-sas1-5648-V

The distance beetwin the centerline 28L & 28R is abt 130 m, may be 214 was landing on 28R? The difference in coordinates - abt 80 metres to east
The difference altitude - 15,75 m .

[DaveReidUK]

There are intresting pictures of the local datum. If local datum has priority, that it can explain such incidents.

Hmmm.

If you have a hammer, everything looks like a nail ...

[vmandr]

@patanom

according to this WGS-84 Updates | Jeppesen (http://ww1.jeppesen.com/company/publications/wgs-84.jsp)
both Syria and Iran (your other post) are compliant to WGS-84 datum.