Black boxes crashed in the suburbs of an experienced model of the newest Russian military transport aircraft IL-112B found. This is reported by TASS with reference to the source.
According to the agency’s interlocutor, a parametric and speech recorder was found on the site of the collapse of the side. “They are damaged and burned, but according to preliminary data, subject to decoding,” said the source.
Decoding will begin in the special laboratory on Thursday, August 19.
IL-112B crashed during the training flight at the Kubinka airfield near Moscow. On board the aircraft there were three members of the crew: commander, test pilot, hero of Russia Nikolai Kimov, Test pilot Dmitry Komarov and flight manager Tester Nikolay Khludev. They died.
At present, two versions of the aircraft crash are considered: technical malfunction and crew error. According to eyewitnesses, after the fall, the plane exploded. IL-112B completely destroyed. It is known that before entering the landing right engine IL-112B caught fire. The crew of the aircraft tried to turn it off and make a landing attitudes maneuver in a standard scheme with a turn to the right. Pilots allowed overweight, and the plane lost control.