Kuban tragedy: Albatross pilots failed to escape
When October 18 appeared the sad news about the crash of the training aircraft L-39 near the village of Dolzhanskaya in the Krasnodar Territory, there was hope that both crew members were able to eject. Unfortunately, all hopes were in vain.
For the pilots who fell into the Sea of Azov, a boat was sent almost immediately. Over the next two days, the rescue operation lasted, involving more than 200 people, four helicopters and seven boats. But already in the morning of October 19 there were alarming assumptions about the death of the crew, since it would be difficult to survive on the water for such a long time.
On the evening of the same day, several media appeared encouraging reports that one of the pilots was found alive. Alas, the Ministry of Defense denied this information.
On October 20, the press service of the defense department said that fragments of human bodies were found in the Sea of Azov near the crash site. Now the death of pilots is confirmed officially.
The names of these two lieutenants became known. One of them is a native of Lipetsk, Andrei Seredin. He was 22 years old. Only a year older was his partner - pilot instructor Vladislav Nelevda from Akhtubinsk. Since childhood, both young men dreamed of being military pilots. They graduated from the Krasnodar Flight School named after Serov.
The newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda published an interview with his wife, Vladislav Nelevda, Maria. She told reporters:
Among the preliminary versions of the tragedy are called technical a malfunction or a bird getting into the engine. What exactly happened on October 18 at 17 pm in the Kuban sky, investigators will now find out.
For the pilots who fell into the Sea of Azov, a boat was sent almost immediately. Over the next two days, the rescue operation lasted, involving more than 200 people, four helicopters and seven boats. But already in the morning of October 19 there were alarming assumptions about the death of the crew, since it would be difficult to survive on the water for such a long time.
On the evening of the same day, several media appeared encouraging reports that one of the pilots was found alive. Alas, the Ministry of Defense denied this information.
On October 20, the press service of the defense department said that fragments of human bodies were found in the Sea of Azov near the crash site. Now the death of pilots is confirmed officially.
The names of these two lieutenants became known. One of them is a native of Lipetsk, Andrei Seredin. He was 22 years old. Only a year older was his partner - pilot instructor Vladislav Nelevda from Akhtubinsk. Since childhood, both young men dreamed of being military pilots. They graduated from the Krasnodar Flight School named after Serov.
The newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda published an interview with his wife, Vladislav Nelevda, Maria. She told reporters:
What is known for sure, both pilots were in the cockpit. They could not catapult! One tried, but the parachute just flew out. Everything happened in a split second. Speed - 500 km / h, altitude - about 200 meters. My husband probably didn’t understand what happened.
Among the preliminary versions of the tragedy are called technical a malfunction or a bird getting into the engine. What exactly happened on October 18 at 17 pm in the Kuban sky, investigators will now find out.
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