Is the Russian AF showing signs of age?
MOSCOW — Two pilots were killed when a strategic bomber with seven people on board crashed in far eastern Russia on Tuesday, the defense ministry said, the latest in a string of military aircraft accidents.
"The search and rescue team of the eastern military district has found where two members of the Tu-95 bomber landed," the Russian defense ministry said in a statement.
"Both pilots were killed," the defense ministry said in the statement carried by Russian news agencies.
"According to reports from the scene, the pilots were killed during landing," said the statement.
The defense ministry had earlier said that the jet's seven crew members, who were taking part in a training flight outside of the city of Khabarovsk, had managed to parachute out.
The bomber was not carrying a combat payload at the time of the incident and the crash caused no damage on the ground, the defense ministry said.
The five surviving crew members have been sent to a military hospital in Khabarovsk to undergo medical examinations. Their lives are not at risk, said the defense ministry.
All Tu-95 bombers have been grounded until the circumstances surrounding the latest incident have been elucidated, the ministry said.
"The search and rescue team of the eastern military district has found where two members of the Tu-95 bomber landed," the Russian defense ministry said in a statement.
"Both pilots were killed," the defense ministry said in the statement carried by Russian news agencies.
"According to reports from the scene, the pilots were killed during landing," said the statement.
The defense ministry had earlier said that the jet's seven crew members, who were taking part in a training flight outside of the city of Khabarovsk, had managed to parachute out.
The bomber was not carrying a combat payload at the time of the incident and the crash caused no damage on the ground, the defense ministry said.
The five surviving crew members have been sent to a military hospital in Khabarovsk to undergo medical examinations. Their lives are not at risk, said the defense ministry.
All Tu-95 bombers have been grounded until the circumstances surrounding the latest incident have been elucidated, the ministry said.
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What about our own fleets (UK), was age of the airframe ever considered to be a factor in any incident/accident? I'd be surprised as I always though we generally had a good handle on fleet FI/management.
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At least its not as bad as it once was. An idle search through the aviation-safety.net website database for, say, 1956 reveals a loss of RAF transport assets as: 9 Valetta, one each of Marathon, Varsity, Hastings, Sunderland and Shackleton. And 27 lives lost. No mention of fighters, bombers or trainers in this year but other years have more detail. And don't look at the USAF- multiply the above by 3 or 4 times.
It is seriously sobering how far aviation safety has come. This afternoon in the Melbourne "Age" website the headline was how a Virgin B777 came to be slightly below ideal approach altitude- again this was the headline!
From my limited experience of Russian civil equipment they are built like a brick sh*thouse and the main issue is limited overhaul times.
It is seriously sobering how far aviation safety has come. This afternoon in the Melbourne "Age" website the headline was how a Virgin B777 came to be slightly below ideal approach altitude- again this was the headline!
From my limited experience of Russian civil equipment they are built like a brick sh*thouse and the main issue is limited overhaul times.
and the main issue is limited overhaul times
On the approach to Tianjin in the late 90s you could see the ex-Aeroflot 154s being stripped for spares for Chinese 154s.
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RAF 1956 Losses 380, over one a day....
Ecce Homo! Loquitur...
Good heavens!! And that is what some folks call the "good old days.
