ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 195034
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Date: | Wednesday 26 April 2017 |
Time: | 12:05 |
Type: | Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-31 Foxhound |
Owner/operator: | Russian Air Force |
Registration: | |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Telemba,120 km away the city of Chita, western Siberia -
Russia
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:The military plane crashed and was probably shootdown by guide missile R-33 lauched by another MiG-31, an error. Both pilots ejected safely.
April 2019, Aviaprom reported in a document:
“… the accident of the MiG-31 aircraft was the result of omissions in the activities of officials in the organization of the LUT (flight tactical exercises – Approx. Ed. precluding their mutual falling into the zone of permitted launches of guided missiles R-33) … “
“… the accident of the MiG-31 aircraft as a result of the crew’s violation of safety measures and missions for flight, expressed in the premature activation of the aircraft’s on-board radar station by the navigator and the unauthorized launch of the R-33 guided missiles by the commander of the MiG-31 fighter aircraft … “
Sources:
www.rt.com https://www.rbth.com/news/2017/04/26/mig-31-jet-crashes-near-proving-ground-in-buryatia_750796 https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/russian-mig-31-shot-down-another-russian-mig-31/ Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
26-Apr-2017 13:05 |
gerard57 |
Added |
04-May-2017 08:09 |
marko |
Updated [Time, Location, Source] |
08-Jun-2017 17:09 |
harro |
Updated [Source] |
24-Apr-2019 10:10 |
Iceman 29 |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
24-Apr-2019 10:18 |
Iceman 29 |
Updated [Narrative] |
04-Jul-2023 16:16 |
Nepa |
Updated [[Narrative]] |
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