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MOSCOW, Jan. 22 - RIA News. A Tu-22M3 bomber crashed in the Murmansk region, according to the Ministry of Defense.
The incident occurred at Olenya airbase in the village of High. According to the ministry, during the planned flight the plane hit the snow charge, made a hard landing and collapsed.
At the same time killed two crew members. Two more suffered, they were taken to hospital in a serious condition.
Later it became known that one of the wounded died.
The Ministry of Defense notes that the plane was without ammunition.
During the crash there was a spill of fuel, now it is eliminated.
The press service of PJSC "Tupolev" reported that the crashed Tu-22M3 was built at the Kazan Aviation Plant named after Gorbunov in 1986. The last time he underwent repairs in 2012 at the aircraft factory in Kaliningrad.
The snow charge is a heavy snowfall, accompanied by a sharp increase in the wind. Usually such phenomena are observed in the rear of cyclones and on cold fronts. The danger of snow charges is that when they pass, the visibility drops sharply to almost
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Published report on the crash of the Tu-22M3
The document says that the plane carried out a training flight, carried on board dangerous goods and ammunition: X-22N missiles (under the left wing wing) without refueling, 750 OFZ cartridges.
It is noted that during the landing approach, the commander of the ship made a landing with increased overload in the runway end area.
“Then the plane was again separated from the runway, began to collapse with the separation of the cockpit from the fuselage and ignited. The crew of the RP (flight director) to leave the plane was not executed by the crew. The plane fell 500 meters from the start of the runway. Burned out. The crew cabin flew further, ”the document says.
The crew commander, Major Alexei Guriev, the assistant ship commander Konstantin Mazunin, the navigator, Captain Victor Greif, died. Survivor - navigator lieutenant colonel Maxim Rylkov.
The aircraft was released on March 31, 1986, the last repair was carried out in 2012.
Earlier in this telegram channel, which is maintained by high-ranking active and retired military, said that on board the bomber crashed in the Murmansk region, there were a cruise missile X-22N and 750 OFZ cartridges. The Ministry of Defense stated the opposite.
Tu-22M3 crashed on January 22 while landing at the airfield in Olenegorsk, Murmansk region. The reason was called the hit of the aircraft in the snow charge, but then this information was refuted. Three crew members died, another survived and sent for treatment to Moscow.
Flights of all Tu-22M3 temporarily banned.
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