Russian Antonov An-22 and Tupolev Tu-95 grounded after An-22 crash

Titlu: Russian Antonov An-22 and Tupolev Tu-95 grounded after An-22 crash
Sursa: http://www.airplane-pictures.net/news.php?p=899
Autor: Martin Krupka
Data: 29th December 2010

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A four-engined Antonov an-22 cargo plane has crashed during a military training exercise in central Russia, leaving all 12 military pilots aboard the aircraft dead.

The Antonov An-22 military plane, carrying the servicemen but no cargo, had been performing a training exercise on its way from Voronezh to Tver in central Russia when it disappeared from radar screens at 21:30 Moscow time on December 28th.

The plane's scattered remains were found early Wednesday in a field four kilometres from the village of Troitskoye in the Tula region, with the impact of the crash leaving a five-metre-deep crater in the ground.

The aicraft is likely to be the registration RA-09343.