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On the occasion of the terrible accident in the town of Brasina, when the Serbian army MiG-21 crashed, General and former MiG 21 test pilot Branko Bilbija said on the Usijanje dana program on Kurir Television that such events are not very rare. and unfortunately they happen.
– People are not perfect either, the technique is perfect. The tragedy is great and we don’t have many pilots. Someone’s parents and siblings died, this is a great loss for both their families and the military.
– The rules are clear, the plane must be technically correct and must be guaranteed by whoever produced it, or the workshop and the mechanic who loaded it. Airplanes have their flight schedule and are given permission to do so. This is taken into account by the unit in which the aircraft is used. The mechanic must show the brochure that the plane is correct, before the pilot enters the plane. The pilot performs a pre-flight inspection, signs the brochure, and takes off.
The plane was 34 years old, does age affect safety?
– No. Because the level and quality of maintenance is the basic parameter on the basis of which the aircraft is allowed to fly. It can be “a thousand” years old, it can fly if it is maintained well and professionally. Mig 21 may be old, but well maintained and constantly cared for. However, you never know if even the latest media will fail. It’s happening. But it seems to me that this time it is not the case, but that in this case, I think that the technique did not mainly influence this event.
You mean the human factor?
The aircraft can fly in favorable weather conditions, but not in unfavorable conditions. You shouldn’t even try, when there is strong wind, poor visibility.
You were an experienced pilot in MiG 21. Tell us about that plane.
– Mig 21 is used in most countries of the world. Still flying somewhere, until recently it was modernized in service in Israel. That plane was one of the dominant planes during the second half of the 20th century. But its time has passed, but if it is well maintained, it can still fly today.
Why was a hunter like Miga flying low today?
– The hunter is not prohibited from flying low, the question is what was the pilot’s task today. I do not know the details, I would not go into complicated definitions of what happened, I hope that the committee of experts will examine what happened, in what way, and that the report is of high quality and is available to the public. These reports are not published in their entirety, but only in parts, they are reports of up to 1,000 pages. The conclusion is published and the public can get the correct image. Investigations take, depending on the amount of details gathered and the documentation, it can take 15 days or even six months.
Will this investigation be carried out solely by military investigation bodies?
– The commission in which the aviation commander is, decides on that, may include several experts.
How do you explain that one pilot catapulted himself during the accident and the other did not?
– Only one pilot can not be catapulted in MiG 21. I don’t think such a situation has happened, but maybe once it was successful and the other not, maybe once the seat worked before the other.
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