By Ulan-Ude during landing in BMD did not open the parachute – Kommersant

                             
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In the combat vehicle BMD-2, falling under the Ulan-Ude, parachute did not open. This Tass said a senior source in the Defense Ministry. The reason for the fall of the source named that do not reveal the main parachute system, and “went out only the pilot chute with a small area of ​​the dome.” Dropping technique is carried out without a crew, so no one was hurt.

«BMD-2 received such injuries, that recovery, of course, can not be. As a result of hitting the tower machine it entered the body. In the car there were 200 rounds of ammunition for the machine gun and 30 rounds to the 30-millimeter cannon. And those and others were inert warhead to explode on impact and could not. They did not explode, “- said the source.

A high-ranking source in the ministry said that the cause of failure of the parachute system became broken ripcord. “Dangling rope that pulls the main parachute system. The car dropped onto the prepared for landing troops and equipment landing pad on it just do not have forests, which could catch fire, “- he added.