Russian military plane crashes on takeoff

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Russian military plane crashes on takeoff


A Russian military transport plane with 15 people on board crashed on Tuesday while taking off from an air base in western Russia, the Defense Ministry said.

It said the Il-76 aircraft with eight crew and seven passengers crashed in the Ivanovo region. It didn’t say whether there were any survivors.

Stanislav Voskresensky, the governor of…

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  1. How is this possible, in Russia the most modern airplanes fly with state-of-the-art dashboard fans, and the seats are upholstered with flower-patterned fabric knotted by grandma. Not to mention the ultra-modern avionics and radar technology! What a joke!

  2. My theory is that an uncontained engine failure could have led to an intense engine fire leading to shrapnel damaging wing systems like the slats of hydraulic lines, and the fire weakened the pylon structure leading to the engine falling off and a loss of control.