MiG-29 fighters fly from the 1980s, and now all the more advanced modifications are produced. They still perform combat missions and are actively exported to many countries of the world without causing complaints. The doctor of military sciences Konstantin Sivkov said about this “LENTE.RU”.
The Russian fighter MiG-29 burned down in the Astrakhan region during planning and repair work. The plane passed a planned inspection in the military unit in the Narimanovsky district. The aircraft has burned out completely, no one has suffered.
Reasons for fires
“The MiG-29 fighter has existed since the beginning of the 1980s, that is, now for 40 years, its more advanced modifications are constantly being produced. So the problem is not at all in the plane, but technical support, repair systems. Probably In this case, we are talking about the fact that the repair was performed by unqualified employees who did not comply with the rules of fire safety, “the Sivkov suggested.
On August 18, another MiG-29 crashed in the Astrakhan region. The plane fulfilled the tutorial fell in a deserted place, the pilot died. According to the doctor of military sciences, it is not worth considering two cases, because it is not about internal problems in the fighter system.
“I guess either a problem with the technique, that is, the plane simply did not prepare for the flight, either the fault lies on the pilot itself, it must be learned. In the last case there is no place even for such assumptions – the fighter stood on the spot Earth, maintenance was carried out. The fire arranged the people themselves as a result of their own incompetence. So this is either the fault of a personnel, or a deliberate sabotage. It is necessary to figure out. And in the MiG-29 itself there are no problems – it is exported everywhere, flies, commits fighting without Any complaints, “Sivkov summarized.
Previously honored military pilot of Russia Vladimir Popov among the possible causes of the crash of the MiG-29 fighter pointed to difficult meteors that could arise due to the proximity of the Mountains of Dagestan and the Caspian Sea. In particular, he did not rule out the aircraft entering the thunderstorm cloudiness.