Russian Defense Ministry today suspended the flights of Su-24. The reason for this decision was a bomber crash near Volgograd.
Recall Su-24 took off from the airfield Marinovka. Held in the air a few minutes, and during the approach disappeared from radar. Bomber crashed in an open field. Because of the high speed went into the ground almost seven meters. And its fragments scattered in the area of 4 hectares.
Now, the special commission. Rescuers are trying to get out of the rubble black boxes. They should shed light on the causes of the crash. The basic version ?? technical failure.
Both pilots who were in the cockpit, had more than a thousand hours of flight. Their fate is still unknown. At the crash site of their bodies were not found. According to witnesses, they saw two parachutes in the sky.
However, the Defense Ministry did not confirm this information. According to the military, the signal of the bailout GLONASS system does not work. The plane took off for the exploration of weather conditions, ammunition was not on board.
According to a source TASS, the probability of finding the pilots alive “melting with each passing hour,” but the military continue to search. It is possible that the body may show pilots in the cockpit, which is completely left in the ground.
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