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Ukraine Crash Pt 4
BBCnews.com has this report of the "conclusions" of an investigation. Yup, low men on the totem pole take the fall. AvWeek reported both pilots had 2000+ flight hours, so the local monkey coverage is flat wrong.
To me looks like there's plenty of blame to go around, but I woulda started at the top instead of the bottom.
UPDATE: they also have this section of photographs. Of particular interest is the second one. The closer I look the more it seems the canopy is on the plane and intact. Your thoughts?
Seems like an very short amount of time to do a complete investigation of this tragedy. They did fire all the top brass except the Minister of Defense.
From the angle of pix #2 certainly looks as if the canopy is in place but how on earth could the pilots survive that crash if they were still in the plane when it hit the crowd.
Posted by: Pat on August 7, 2002 10:46 AMI think they got out just a few frames later. As long as the cockpit isn't pointed at the ground, a modern ejection seat can usually get the crew out safely. They're pretty remarkable devices, and the Russian ones have especially good records for getting pilots out safely in the most incredible situations.
Posted by: scott on August 7, 2002 11:55 AMThis would definitely qualify as an incredible situation! Wouldn't the pilots be able to tell the investigaters whether or not they ejected.
Posted by: Pat on August 7, 2002 01:45 PM