2x Su27 crash - MAKS 2009

[Krazy]

Just heard on the radio that 2 russian jets collided during an airshow this weekend in Russia.
Pilots ejected, the a/c crashed on unpopulated ground..

(edited title, thanx Joris)

[Joris van Boven]

More info at http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.htm ... D=14237199" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

ZHUKOVSKY, Moscow Region, August 16 (Itar-Tass) - Pilots Igor Tkachenko and Igor Shpak who jettisoned from the crashed Su-27 fighters of the Russkie Vityazi group, are alive, Arms-Tass reports.

The incident with the two fighters took place on Sunday above the Ramenskoye airfield where pilots train for the International Aerospace Show MAKS 2009 which will open on Tuesday. The aircraft crashed while changing a configuration of five planes from the Russkie Vityazi group over the Moskva River floodlands outside the air show grounds.

Chief of the public relations service of the Russian Air Force Vladimir Drik told Itar-Tass that “an aviation incident took place in the area of the Ramenskoye airfield on Sunday when planned flights were in progress: two Su-27 fighters crashed in mid-air”. “A commission of the Defence Ministry and the main headquarters of the Air Force was set up to scrutinise reasons for the air incident,” he noted.

[RobertMB]

See also: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.c ... pe=science" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

BR,

Robert

[Krazy]

See also: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.c ... pe=science" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

BR,

Robert

Hmm, that article states that one pilot died, and possibly 5 injured on the ground

The russian site reports a Su-27UB and a Su-27 involved.
http://armstass.su/?page=article&aid=74252&cid=24 (Russian)

[De Verrekieker]

Very bad day for Russian aviation. On the Russian Television they said that the commander from the Russian Knights didn't survived, Unfortunatly his parachute caught fire after ejection. Also this day in Kaluga is a Yak-52 crashed. Both instructor and pilot didn't survive the crash

[Krazy]

The first (radio) report was far from the truth..

More info: http://en.rian.ru/crime/20090817/155829721.html
(Pictures & Video)

[Edwin AN124]

Here a movie from the crash:

http://www.dni.ru/incidents/2009/8/17/172860.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Greetz Edwin

[ssb-spotting]

Here some pictures of the crash: http://englishrussia.com/?p=4835#more-4835