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According to images and clips from life.ru, the Su-30 destroyed an area of forest and created a deep hole. The entire aircraft was broken and could only be identified by two AL-31F jet engines that were relatively intact.
Life also quoted experts as saying that if two pilots could not parachute to escape, it would be difficult to survive such a terrible fall. REN TV said the Su-35S 30mm shell destroyed part of the Su-30’s wing, causing the plane to lose control and fall.
The plane crash filled a patch of forest and created a hole |
On the evening of the same day, TASS citing sources from the Russian Defense Ministry confirmed that the Su-30 was mistakenly fired by another aircraft during air combat. The accident occurred at 2:00 p.m. on September 22 (Moscow time) in the Kuvshinovsky district of the Tver region, near the capital Moscow.
However, the Russian Defense Ministry did not specify the type of Su-30 that crashed.
According to information on Russian social media, the crashed Su-30 belongs to the Su-30M2 class, which was built for air combat exercises with the Su-30SM and Su-35.
The BMPD news site said the unfortunate Su-30M2 was given number 60 in the tail, of the Krasnodar-based Southern Military Region’s 1st Mixed Air Regiment. This aircraft was produced in 2014.
And the Su-35S produced in 2019 with tail number 22 is said to have shot down the Su-30M2, which is from the 790 Fighter Regiment, the 105th Division of the Western Military Region Mixed Air Force, based in the yard. Hotilovo flights in the Tver region. This is also where the planes began their air combat exercises.
Left: Image of Su-35S training flight No. 22 in Tver, released on September 19 by the Russian Defense Ministry. Right: Su-30M2’s 60 bearing tail is believed to have crashed Russian Defense Ministry – russianplanes.net |
Air exercises of the MiG-31 and Su-35 aircraft of the Western Military Region in Tver were also reported on the website of the Russian Defense Ministry on September 19.
Some Russian newspapers lead experts to comment that shooting down the Su-30M2 with a 30mm cannon through the Su-35S was a violation of safety procedures for both ground inspection soldiers and pilots. The reason is that the firing button on the Su-35S 30mm cannon should have been turned off before the plane took off for air exercises, in addition to removing all projectiles from the barrel. And the pilot should have checked this too.
See the clip of the scene of the Russian Air Force Su-30M2 that falls on September 22, 2020 (source: Life.ru):
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Su-30M2 fighter scene fell in Russia |
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