Silverbolt 104 Posted November 7, 2009 Moscow, November 7, RIA Novosti. A Tupolev-142 anti-submarine aircraft of the Russian Pacific Fleet, crashed last night with 11 soldiers on board during a training flight over the Strait of Tartary which separates the mainland coast of the Russian island of Sakhalin, a spokesman said today Russian Ministry of Defense. "During the rescue operation, involving ships of the Pacific Fleet, civilian ships and aircraft of Russian Air Force, was found no place for the fall. The lifeguards are responsible for the crew of the plane," the official said. The Tupolev-142 crashed about 15-20 kilometers from the coast near Cape Sading. The sonar detected the presence of alleged fragments of the aircraft north Silantiev Bay at a depth of 44 meters. A defense source admitted that there is hardly the disaster survivors, according to the preliminary hypothesis is the result of a glitch in one of the teams. At the same time, he stressed that "the rescue efforts continue as long as there is minimal hope of finding anyone alive." The most important thing now is to find the liferaft in which they could be the crew of the plane, he said. Russian military is considering the possibility of bringing the Baltic Fleet from a modern robot submersible, Pantera, if complicated the search for the plane's black boxes. The problem is that the flight recorders aboard the Tupolev-142 ensure the preservation of data in the salt water "for 36 hours maximum," said a senior Air Force. The Tu-142M3, or Bear in NATO classification, is an anti-submarine aircraft developed in the 60s of last century. Its crew consists of 10 persons. The speed is up to 825 km / h, and the wing span of 51.1 meters. http://sp.rian.ru/onlinenews/20091107/123868527.html my condolences to the families Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
