11.07.2004, 13:56
Um es auch hier noch mal archiviert zu haben...
Zitat:4 killed in military aircraft crash in RussiaQuelle: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-07/09/content_1584926.htm">http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004- ... 584926.htm</a><!-- m -->
MOSCOW, July 9 (Xinhuanet) -- A Russian military aircraft crashed in the northwest of the country late on Thursday, killing all fourcrew, the Interfax news agency reported on Friday.
Colonel Alexander Drobychevsk was quoted as saying that the remains of the Tu-22M3 long-range bomber were found near the Saltsy aerodrome, in the Novgorod region.
Ground controllers had lost contact with the aircraft, which was on a training exercise.
The Tu-22M3, also known as a Backfire, was designed in the late1970s and brought into active service by the Soviet armed forces in 1983. It can carry cruise missiles, short-range missiles, or nuclear bombs. Enditem
Zitat:Thorough investigation of Tu-22M3 bomber crash neededQuelle: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=1024839&PageNum=0">http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.htm ... &PageNum=0</a><!-- m -->
MOSCOW, July 9 (Itar-Tass) - It is necessary to conduct a thorough investigation into the catastrophe of the Tu-22M3 bomber in order to establish its true causes, believes Russian Minister for Emergency Situations Sergei Shoigu.
“Now it is important to understand what was the cause of this catastrophe,” Shoigu told journalists on Friday.
“If it was technical malfunction, the equipment should be refined. If it was a piloting error, more professional personnel should be trained,” the minister noted.
“In any case, it is premature to speak about the causes of the crash yet,” he said.
According to Shoigu, “the investigation cannot be too short, as its mistakes may lead to another such catastrophe.”
The bomber crashed overnight to Friday 10 kilometres off the Saltsy airdrome.
The press service of the main Military Prosecutor's Office of Russia told Itar-Tass the criminal case has been opened under Article 351 of the Criminal Code (violation of rules of flights and flight preparation).
All flights of this type of aircraft have been suspended until the crash causes are established.
(...)
After 1992, 235 Tu-22M2 and Tu-22M3 bombers remained in service with the Air Force and the Naval Aviation wing. Planes of this type have taken part in combat actions and have been sold to Iraq and Libya.