Russian supersonic bomber breaks in two and explodes during landing touchdown

Snow, near zero visibility, too fast, probably never saw the ground until it was too late. Really slammed it down.

As my instructor always said, you can always go around.

:holeefuk:

That'll buff right out.

Sometimes looks can be deceiving when dealing with high speeds from a distance and large objects... but is it safe to say that most aircraft would not have broken in half on a landing like that?

You would think that the weak point would be the landing gear... hard to imagine that the "fuse" in the aircraft that lets go first was the fuselage.

That’s a hell of a way to return from Venezuela...

Now THAT is what I call D O O M.

Literally gave me cold chills.


Fuck

WHoa! Can you imagine if they were packing Nukes? Much bigger Fireball...

Really fast approach. Mechanical problem? No flaps, slats, or instument failure? Was the pilot flying VFR, when he shoulda been flying IFR? What ever it was, it showed a major structural design defisincy. Severe turbulance during flight could cause that same failure.

Last Edited by NervousAndJerky on 01/27/2019 02:30 PM