ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 67918
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| Date: | 16-AUG-2009 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Sukhoi Su-27UB |
| Owner/operator: | RuAF - Russian Air Force |
| Registration: | 18 (Blue) |
| C/n / msn: | 96310413030 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Zhukovsky near Moscow -
 Russia
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | |
Mid air collsion with a Su-27 (14 Blue) while rehearsing for the MAKS 09 Airshow. All three pilots on board both aircraft ejected, but pilot Igor Tkachenko, commander of the airshow team Russkiye Vityazi (Russian Knights) died. The plane crashed in residential area, severely injuring a number of people on the ground. One of them later died in hospital.
Sources:
http://de.rian.ru/society/20090816/122713200.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePSuhUCgoLw
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Aug-2009 08:25 | Bleiente | Added |
| 17-Aug-2009 01:03 | harro | Updated |
| 17-Aug-2009 02:13 | RobertMB | Updated |
| 17-Aug-2009 02:18 | timsz | Updated |
| 17-Aug-2009 05:22 | RobertMB | Updated |
| 21-Aug-2009 01:35 | VAR | Updated |
| 26-May-2018 10:17 | j155 | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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