25-12-2016 Crash Russian Tu-154 Black Sea

[Starman]

The Russian Defence ministry has said a Tu-154 with 91 people on board has crashed shortly after take-off from Adler, near Sochi. The plane was carrying the famous Alexandrov military band for a concert at the Russian Hmeimim airbase outside the coastal Syrian city of Latakia.

It disappeared from radar shortly after take-off around 05.40 local over the Black Sea.

More casualties of the Syrian conflict

[ronaldairbus]

Source: Telegraph.co.uk

A Russian Tu-154 aircraft with 91 people aboard disappeared on Sunday shortly after takeoff from the Black Sea resort town of Sochi on its way to a Russian base in Syria, the Defence ministry said.

The ministry said the plane was carrying the famous Alexandrov military band for a concert at the Russian air base in Syria.

The ministry said in a statement the plane was carrying 83 passengers and eight crew when it dropped off radar early Sunday. It said emergency services are searching for the plane.

[rh226]

Tu-154B-2 RA-85572.

Revised figure of 92 on board. Thoughts go out to their families. R.I.P.

http://kommersant.ru/doc/3181481. Note that this website updates.

[Stratofreighter]

The band and the choir in happier times:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbnFxbaiHF0
performing with the Leningrad Cowboys from Finland,
and yes, during the 1994 MTV Video Music Awards.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leningrad_Cowboys
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandrov_Ensemble
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandro ... After_1991

The boys at the 2014 Sochi Olympics were from another choir:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MVD_Ensemble

A Tupolev 154B-2 operated by the Russian Air Force was destroyed when it impacted the waters of the Black Sea shortly after takeoff from Adler/Sochi Airport. Wreckage was found at a depth of 50 to 70 metres.

https://aviation-safety.net/database/re ... 20161225-0

The airplane took off from runway 20 at 05:25 hours local time. During climbout the aircraft made a U-turn back towards the coastline and disappeared off radar screens.

[hammarö]

The aircraft has following history

0572 RA-85572 Tu-154B-2 d.1983 223 LO write-off 2016.12.25

It is an Tu-154B-2 produced 1983. ¨

It is used by the air unit 223 LO, normally at Ckalovsky. The air unit have 8 Tu-154B-2 in service.

In total there is 28 Tu-154 in Russia military service in different services as VVS, MA and MVD.

[CBR]

The aircraft has following history

0572 RA-85572 Tu-154B-2 d.1983 223 LO write-off 2016.12.25

It is an Tu-154B-2 produced 1983. ¨

It is used by the air unit 223 LO, normally at Ckalovsky. The air unit have 8 Tu-154B-2 in service.

http://www.airfighters.com/photosearch.php?key=RA-85572

[hammarö]

My real source is actually a russian, not airfighters.

Here is a picture of the aircraft RA-85572 during change of right engine done 2011, showing several Tu-154 and Tu-134 online.
The picture is taken on Chkalovsk air base, Moscow, the Russian Air Force base for transports to and from Moscow.
An engine change is performed on the tarmac, without weather protection.
The aircraft does belong to the Russian Air Force VVS, not the 223 LO.
With the picture is a chat about the Russian maintance of aircraft comparing Western countries.

http://russianplanes.net/id100034

[hammarö]

Pictures from the rescue attemps of the aircraft:

http://www.interfax.ru/russia/543248

[hammarö]

Problems with the wing flaps is since several days said to be the reason for the crash.

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The airplane took off from runway 20 at 05:25 hours local time. During climbout the aircraft made a U-turn back towards the coastline and disappeared off radar screens.

But several sources talks about "Кибертеракт" (Russian for Cyber Warfare) as the main cause. Several old near accidents are discussed, accidents who are well documented since the 1980s.

Most of this aircraft are used by the highest military commanders. Several sources mention FSB as the source of the Kiberterakt discussions.
The discussion continue certainly a long time.

[Stratofreighter]

https://themoscowtimes.com/news/russian ... orts-57412

March 14, 2017 — 11:00 — Update: 12:09
A new report into the crash shows that pilot Roman Volkov put the plane into landing mode just one minute after take-off after reaching an altitude of 250 meters, the Kommersant newspaper reported Tuesday.

Military simulations then show that the Tu-154 flew parallel to the water for a full ten seconds before colliding with the sea.

Experts told Kommersant that the crew could have become disorientated during take-off, which took place under darkness.

Unable to see landmarks or the horizon, Volkov may have decided to rely on his own intuition and experience to pilot the plane, rather than rely on the aircraft’s instruments, the newspaper reported. The reflections of stars in the sea may also have added to the pilot’s disorientation.

The Ministry of Defense is currently investigating Volkov’s medical records, as well as interviewing his former flight instructors, Kommersant reported. It is also investigating whether the crew was properly rested before the flight.