There was a video of the fall of the prototype Il-112V
On August 17, a prototype of the Il-112V light military transport aircraft crashed in the Moscow region. Eyewitnesses recorded the incident on video.
Il-112V crashed near the village. Kubinka near Moscow. The United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) has confirmed this information. It is specified that the emergency happened during the training flight. A special commission will find out the reasons for the incident.
Previously, the reason technical - failure and fire of one of the engines. Since the plane was landing and had a low altitude and low speed, engine failure led to the stall of the aircraft and its fall, followed by destruction from impact on the ground and fire.
- reported RIA News" a source.
Recently, this plane flew from Voronezh to Zhukovsky international airport. He was supposed to take part in the Army-2021 forum, which will take place on August 22-28. Il-112V should replace the outdated An-24 and An-26.
Taking into account the presented footage, the crew (consisted of three people) did not manage to survive. The commander of the crashed plane was Honored Test Pilot Hero of Russia Nikolai Kuimov. We express our sincere condolences to the families and friends of the victims.
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