8-12-2016
Data on the Su-33 accidente have been published. The aircraft was Red 67, and had been modernised in 2012-2013. The weather conditions that day were good, 12 kms visibility and less than 12 knots wind speed. The possibility of excessive speed during landing has been discarded.
The investigation found that the Flanker deviated on one of the landing axis by more than 0.5 meters (4.7 when the maximum is 4.2). After 50 meters the arresting cable snapped (1).
3-12-2016
Yesterday a Su-33 naval fighter crashed while performing a landing on the Kuznetsov carrier. The Su-33 did land but the arresting wire snapped and failed to stop the aircraft, which fell of the deck. The pilot managed to bail out. This is the second accident of the naval fighters deployed in the Russian carrier. Both losses were caused by problems with the arresting wires.
Data on the Su-33 accidente have been published. The aircraft was Red 67, and had been modernised in 2012-2013. The weather conditions that day were good, 12 kms visibility and less than 12 knots wind speed. The possibility of excessive speed during landing has been discarded.
The investigation found that the Flanker deviated on one of the landing axis by more than 0.5 meters (4.7 when the maximum is 4.2). After 50 meters the arresting cable snapped (1).
3-12-2016
Yesterday a Su-33 naval fighter crashed while performing a landing on the Kuznetsov carrier. The Su-33 did land but the arresting wire snapped and failed to stop the aircraft, which fell of the deck. The pilot managed to bail out. This is the second accident of the naval fighters deployed in the Russian carrier. Both losses were caused by problems with the arresting wires.
Su-33 landing on the Kuznetsov (http://su-27flanker.com/).
A comission is being organised to investigate the cause of the accident. It could be due to a faulty wire or a landing at inadequate conditions (speed/angle). It seems that aircraft operations have been suspended because Israeli naval authorities were informed that the exclusion zone in the area of operation from 7:00AM to 7:00PM has been suspended.
References:
- http://kommersant.ru/doc/3162180
- http://portierramaryaire.com/foro/ (info by Shomer)
- http://kommersant.ru/doc/3164261 (1)
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