An Airbus A321 plane crashed in Egypt. All 224 passengers, including children and crew, were killed. The main version is called technical problems. This does not often cause accidents in such aircraft, the expert says.
The first news that a plane of the Russian airline Kogalymavia crashed in the center of the Sinai Peninsula, 100 km from El-Arish in Egypt, appeared at the beginning of eleven in the morning. A source in the Federal Air Transport Agency reported that an Airbus A320, en route from the Egyptian Sharm el-Sheikh to St. Petersburg, disappeared from radar.
The press release from which this text comes is exceptionally outstanding, so it does not address the matter, but only boldly states the facts. We can find wonderful strong signs The differences are in the name of the well-known approach abort procedure, which states that all simulator training is aimed at launching interceptions in the air, and not on the ground. In such cases, the gas is not physically displaced by gas springs, but by an automatic stroke system. To put it simply, the pilot presses a button and the autopilot adds enough power to maneuver the conditions.
“According to preliminary data, the Airbus A321 Kogalymavia aircraft, operating flight 92-68 Sharm el-Sheikh - St. Petersburg, took off at 6:51 Moscow time. At 7:14 he did not contact Larnaca (Cyprus), the tag disappeared from the radar screens,” Sergei Izvolsky, a representative of the Federal Air Transport Agency, told TASS.
According to the online board of Pulkovo Airport, Kogalymavia flight 7K 9268 from Sharm el-Sheikh to St. Petersburg was scheduled to arrive at 12:10 Moscow time. The arrival time was later changed to 13:40. After some time, the flight information disappeared from the board.
In practice, such situations do not occur
It is a helping hand in the most ambitious part of the flight, when it is necessary to keep the plane flying low and slow from crash to climb, to fly it right after departure and still negotiate the flight operation. But this system has safety limitations that it does not work on the ground, that is, when the aircraft's sensors detect a runway on its wheels. In this case, when the button is pressed, nothing needs to be done, and pilots need to set and test them themselves, manually. Although this behavior is detailed in the manual, it never occurs in practice with this situation.
A little later, a plane crashed with Russian tourists on board confirmed to Reuters in the office of Prime Minister Sherif Ismail. The rescue service representative also noted that the plane crashed in a mountainous area, and the path to the crash site was complicated by bad conditions. weather.
No survivors
There are no surviving passengers in the wreckage of the crashed A321 of the Russian airline, the Associated Press reported this afternoon, citing Egyptian authorities.
Intermittent flight intervals, on the other hand, are spent several years a year in simulator exams and the process becomes completely automatic. It is possible that the pilots made a hundred doctrines of perfect practice, they simply did not understand that this time the work on the ground and in the system was completely different. However, this is just a guess, we will have to wait a few months for final results before the final investigation report is released. If this is confirmed, it can be expected that repeated replications can be replicated, including planting aborts.
According to rescuers, the bodies of all the children on board and most of the passengers have already been found. Airplane deaths The Egyptian Air Force and ambulances are transporting them to the country's capital, Cairo, from where they will be transported to Russia, the Dutch publication De Telegraaf reported.
The head of the Egyptian airport company said that only Russian citizens were on board. Reuters later reported, citing Egyptian authorities, that three Ukrainian citizens were among the dead. The Ukrainian authorities have not yet officially confirmed the data. The Ukrainian Embassy in Egypt is checking this information. The Belarusian Foreign Ministry reported that according to preliminary data, there was a citizen of Belarus on board.
But the same accident will certainly come up with other recommendations that will apply to passengers. In the recordings in the cabin, it was obvious that passers-by were behaving very irresponsibly in the evacuation - a place of quick exit from an emergency escape with big amount passengers who take their luggage back, slowing down the evacuation and putting themselves and others at risk. Discussions are already underway with the preparation of training videos in front of luggage boxes that will be locked in flight - and after an accident - locked.
A version of the sabotage recordings recently published an analysis of fuel slicks at sea and the trajectory of the accident flight as it was reconstructed. It will be increasingly difficult for researchers to explain how a plane can disappear from radar 6 kilometers from the coast and at the same time end up in the sea just 1.6 kilometers from the coast. Another mystery is why the plane parts were found as a beautiful thing. How do you explain that the chassis and engine are within 3 kilometers of the hull?
The list of passengers of the crashed Airbus A320 includes deputy mayor of the city Alexander Kopylov, Pskov Mayor Ivan Tsetsersky told RBC. He flew on vacation with the head of the personnel department of the Pskov City Duma, Elena Melnikova. “They lived together. He took a vacation and gave Elena a trip to Egypt for her birthday,” Tsesersky said.
Technical difficulites
Emergency flight path based on spot color 1 hour after crash. Number 1 indicates the location of the event that led to the forced rotation to the right. The number 2 indicates the place where the stain begins. The analysis also shows that left wing was damaged before falling, after which fuel began to leak from it. The commander apparently decided to land, but he failed and the plane crashed. This scenario also indicates the flight line along the coast as seen by the pilot in the dark when the coast is illuminated.
Therefore, the captain did not intend to return to the airport to avoid casualties and damage on the ground in case of failure. As additional pictures from the airport showed, it may not have been a problem for the professionals to avoid getting caught on the plane when they were covered up before the flight at the airport. The lack of a fence at the airport, investigators say, also reflects fragile security.
As follows from Airfleets.net data, the plane, flying flight 7K 9268 from Sharm el-Sheikh airport to Pulkovo airport, took off at 03:51 UTC (6:51 Moscow time). By 04:11 UTC (7:11 Moscow time), the plane had reached an altitude of 33 thousand 500 feet (10,210 meters) and a speed of 404 knots (748 km/h). At 04:13 UTC (7:13 Moscow time), the plane's speed suddenly dropped to 184 knots (341 km/h), and then up to 93 knots (172 km/h), and altitude up to 28 thousand 375 feet (8,649 meters). This is where the flight track ends - in all likelihood, the A320 transponder has stopped transmitting data on flight parameters.
Sochi airport. The red ring marked the point where the plane was closed during a stop during which the plane flying from Moscow was refueling and had to go to Syria. This theory has been speculated by many security experts, including military analyst Sakera, who wrote after the crash that terrorism by Ukrainian agents was considered the most likely cause of the plane's downing.
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According to the portal Flightradar24.com, before the plane stopped transmitting data on flight parameters, the speed of the airliner dropped sharply from 748 km/h to 172 km/h. And before disappearing from the radar, the plane was descending at a speed of about 1.8 km/min .
Before the crash, the pilot requested an emergency landing at the airport in El-Arish, the reason for which was a technical malfunction, Interfax reports, citing an official statement from the Egyptian aviation authorities.
The cause of last year's crash of a Russian plane with Alexandrov's ensemble on board was not technical deficiency, but the inexplicable behavior of the pilot. He wrote a Russian letter to Kommersant, citing the findings of unnamed experts. In the December crash, the plane soon hit the Black Sea shortly after Sochi began. 92 people died on board, including 64 members of the famous Alexandrov ensemble.
According to the researchers who compiled the 3D model critical phase flight, the pilot, Major Volkov, for reasons still unknown, began the landing maneuver immediately after launch at 250 meters instead of the machine increasing its altitude. The plane dropped ten seconds to the point of contact with the water. Volkov constantly monitored the plane.
According to RIA Novosti, the crew complained several times a week about problems with the engine. This is unlikely, says RBC, director of the scientific center for economic monitoring, analysis and forecasting of the State Research Institute civil aviation Alexander Fridlyand: “I don’t believe in it.” When reporting problems, the aircraft must undergo all necessary checks.
Investigators rejected all others possible reasons accidents, including technical problems, shelling from the ground, an explosion on board or a bird entering the engine, the newspaper notes. The shocking finding was based on analysis of the so-called black cabinets, which record flight data and cockpit interviews.
Kommersant investigators are now studying all of Volkov’s resumes and studying his progress flight training and results psychological tests. The tragedy appears to have been accidental with several unfavorable circumstances and cannot be ruled out solely as a result of possible pilot error, the Russian letter said. Fatigue, stress and emotional stress pilot.
According to the Egyptian aviation authorities, the main version of the crash of the Russian passenger A321 of the Kogalymavia airline is a technical malfunction on board, Euronews TV channel reported.
The version of the technical malfunction of the A321 is considered as the main reason for the crash of the airliner, said an Interfax source familiar with the situation. In addition, other versions of the plane crash are being considered: the human factor and unfavorable weather conditions, coupled with the complex mountainous terrain.
The flight against the plan persisted due to bad weather almost all day, the crew crossed the road to the Syrian stop at an unknown airport in Sochi. There may be an unknown chronic illness a pilot who may become disorientated after a night launch.
The Russian Ministry of Defense, which owned the plane, rejects the idea of a pilot error, Kommersant said. Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Air Force Viktor Bondarev said at Volkov's funeral that his training "meet all the requirements provided for by law."
Seconds before the crash, Tu-154M pilots attempted to retrieve the aircraft using the auto-departure button. Only they didn't activate it earlier. This small detail may explain the mysteries surrounding the behavior of pilots during the final phase of flight. It is still unknown whether they tried to abort the landing using the automatic "departure" button, and it is unknown whether the button works. According to latest version, the pilots actually pressed "shelter" but the plane did not respond because the button was not properly activated.
The commander of the crashed A321, Valery Nemov, has more than 12 thousand flight hours, said a representative of Kogalymavia, claiming that pilot error is completely excluded. She also claims that the plane was fully operational.
Before departure from Sharm el-Sheikh, the Russian plane passed the necessary technical checks and no malfunctions were identified. This was stated by the head of the Egyptian airport company Adel Mahgoub. The plane had all the permits and certification to fly, said the head of the Russian Ministry of Transport, Maxim Sokolov. Before departure, the engines are started and tested, explains RBC Fridlyand. “During the testing process, the automation signals various parameters. If something is wrong, the crew does not take off. They are not suicides,” says the expert.
Is this pilot behavior the result of errors or deficiencies in training? Why hasn't it been published yet? Officially, because it has been translated into English and Russian, simultaneously revealing three language versions of the Polish truth about Smolensk. Government representative Pavel Grai assures that the publication of the report is being delayed because the translated dictionary of professional aviation is being translated. However, in political world there is speculation that other reasons may be involved.
Some sources claim to sign the final report of their work. Others say that there is a dispute because some of the commission's experts do not agree that the army is clearly blamed for negligence that led to the disaster. The strangest thing is that the commission officially ceased its activities at the end of June, sending a report to the Prime Minister.
The Egyptian authorities categorically denied the possibility of a terrorist attack. “Judging by the fact that the pilots transmitted a message to the ground, there was no downing by the missile,” Friedland points out.
A plane crash due to technical malfunctions during flight is very rare, says Fridland. More often than not, the cause of a disaster is the human factor. It is also rare that the disaster occurred at flight level: as a rule, a crash occurs during takeoff or landing. Technical problems could have occurred with the electrical system, which caused a fire, the expert suggests. The possibility of an explosion in the luggage compartment cannot be ruled out, he says.
Perhaps - speculating in the political world - the prime minister is waiting until he finds political point views on the publication of the Platform report. Or maybe Donald Tusk is looking for effective candidates to replace the ministers and officials blamed for Miller's negligence in the army and administration that contributed to the disaster. Regardless of why the Prime Minister is delayed and when he releases the report, much is already known. The most serious accusations - despite the contradictions in the commission - will be made to the army.
Members of the Committee identified violations in aviation activities specific to the transportation of the most important people in the country. Crew selection and pilot experience will be criticized. Captain Arkadush Protasyuk was Tupolev's first pilot for only about 400 hours. The rest of the crew also lacked the experience to fly with the president.
Not an old board
The age of the crashed plane is 18 years and 5 months, according to data on Flightradar and Jetphotos.net. It has been owned by Kogalymavia Airlines since March 2012. It was the oldest aircraft in the company's fleet, according to the Fontanka publication. This is not the highest age for an aircraft. According to Forbes, average age aircraft in Russian airlines for 16.3 years. First Deputy Chairman of the Duma Committee on Industry Vladimir Gutenev said today that the average Russian plane 21 years old.
The commission's experts analyzed the behavior of the crew in the last seconds before the plane crashed into the ground. The report confirms that air commander Andrzej Blasik remained on the flight deck until the end, which was a violation of procedures. According to the commission, the crew tried to abort the landing, but it ended in failure. We were able to find out the probable cause.
The Tu-154M aircraft is equipped with a “shelter” button, which leads to the aircraft automatically flying into the second circle, that is, to stopping the landing. The problem is that pilots may not be aware of this. Only this could be decisive. “Are we leaving” or “are we leaving?”
According to the Airfleets.net portal, the first flight of the Airbus A320 was dated May 9, 1997. An Airbus representative, quoted by ITAR-TASS, said that during its operation the aircraft was provided to air carriers by several leasing companies - ILFC, Onur Air, IST-DAM 3 and AerCap.
The aircraft was used by companies such as Middle East Airlines, Onur Air, Saudi Arabian Airlines and Cham Wings Airlines. Two of them took the plane from leasing companies several times: Onur Air - four times (renting to other companies), Saudi Arabian Airlines - twice. Russian airline Kogalymavia received the car from the leasing company ILFC on March 30, 2012.
In his opinion, the plane should not have taken off from Warsaw at all, because the flight should not take place without a Russian “leader” or navigator. In addition, the Russians had to close the airport and did not allow Tupola to even descend to 100 meters. In turn, the crew should not use only the barometric altimeter during the last phase of the flight. Then she won't be embarrassed by the bank in front of the airport, and she will know how real it is. Ultimately, the Russian controller should have been more precise in providing "heading and track" messages and issuing the "horizon" message earlier, meaning the plane was too low.
Rostransnadzor began an unscheduled flight safety inspection of Kogalymavia, a department representative told Interfax. The last inspection of the company by Rostranssanadzor took place in March 2014. Violations were discovered then, but they were corrected on time, the department reported.
The Investigative Committee of Russia (ICR) opened a criminal case under Art. 263 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“violation of traffic safety rules air transport»), maximum term punishment - up to 7 years in prison. According to official representative of the Investigative Committee Vladimir Markin, an investigative and operational group has been created to investigate the circumstances of the plane crash. To take part in investigative actions at the scene of the disaster, investigators from the central office of the Investigative Committee flew to Egypt on a special flight from the Ministry of Emergency Situations.
Soon after Markin’s statement, reports appeared about searches in the office of the Kogalymavia company. A company representative denied this information.
Authorities' reaction
The Ministry of Emergency Situations for St. Petersburg published telephone numbers “ hotline", where you can get information about the disaster: 8 (812) 299−99−99, 8−800−100−20−01 and 8−800−775−17−17. Psychologists have been sent to Pulkovo airport to communicate with relatives of the passengers of the crashed plane. The airport will be open all Saturday operational headquarters, said the head of the Smolny press service Andrey Kibitov.
Vladimir Putin expressed condolences to the relatives of the passengers killed in the plane crash and declared November 1 a day of mourning. Throughout the country must be lowered national flags RF, and television and radio companies and cultural institutions were asked to cancel entertainment programs and events.
Putin also instructed Dmitry Medvedev to form state commission in connection with the disaster, the Kremlin reported. By decision of Medvedev, the commission was headed by the head of the Ministry of Transport, Maxim Sokolov. The minister and the head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations have been instructed to fly to Cairo.
The Ministry of Emergency Situations is holding an emergency meeting in connection with the plane crash in Egypt
The Governor of St. Petersburg, Georgy Poltavchenko, also expressed condolences to the relatives of the victims.
The Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations put three planes with rescuers on board ready to take off. “The airmobile group of the Spas center detachment, the Leader Center of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia, two Il-76 aircraft and one Be-200 aircraft have been prepared to respond,” said the interlocutor of the ITAR-TASS agency in the Ministry of Emergency Situations.
As the Ministry of Health told RBC, the head of the department, Veronika Skvortsova, ordered the dispatch of psychologists to St. Petersburg Federal Center them. Serbsky, and to help city regional specialists to carry out the procedure for identifying the bodies of the dead, specialists flew there Russian Center forensic medical examination Ministry of Health. A leading employee of the Russian Center for Forensic Medicine has been sent to Cairo.
Who flies to Egypt
Kogalymavia Airlines (KolAvia, KOLAVIA) was founded on May 17, 1993. The company was originally engaged in charter and scheduled air transportation and helicopter operations for the oil and gas industry. KolAvia carried out its first flights from Kogalym and Surgut to St. Petersburg, Moscow, Volgograd, Sochi, Rostov-on-Don, Ufa, Mineral water and Krasnodar. On May 1, 2012, KOLAVIA rebranded and received a new name - Metrojet. Since June 2013, the airline has become part of the international tourism holding company TH&C. The airline operates flights under famous brand TUI.
The passengers of the crashed Airbus A321 of the Kogalymavia airline were clients of the Turkish tour operator Brisko, Maya Lomidze, executive director of the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR), told RBC.
In October and November, Egypt becomes the most popular outbound tourism destination for Russians. According to the Egyptian statistical agency, in October 2014, 350.1 thousand Russians visited this country, in November 2014 - 310.2 thousand. But this year, as RBC has already reported, the tourist flow in all key mass destinations is falling. In particular, from January to April the number of Russians who visited Egypt decreased. In May and June, when the ruble strengthened, the tourist flow began to grow, but in July-August it began to decline again.
The crash occurred during a training flight. Both pilots got in touch immediately after landing; their lives and health were not in danger.
A Yak-130 military aircraft crashed on September 16 near the airfield in Borisoglebsk (Voronezh region), the Russian Ministry of Defense reports.
IN Voronezh region A Yak-130 combat training aircraft crashed near the Borisoglebsk military airfield. This was reported to the Russian Ministry of Defense, Interfax reports.
In addition, a commission was sent to the scene to investigate the causes of the incident. security flights.
A Yak-130 plane crashed in Borisoglebsk, why there was a plane crash. Everything that is known on this moment.
An informed source told Interfax that, according to preliminary information, the cause of the accident could have been a failure of the engine systems. Agency interlocutor added that the fire that broke out after falls Yak-130, liquidated.
An agency source said that the cause of the accident could have been a failure of the engine systems. He noted that the entire picture of the incident will be restored after the investigation.
Plane crash in Borisoglebsk, whether the pilot is alive or not. Everything that is known at the moment.
The Yak-130 combat training aircraft crashed near the Borisoglebsk airfield in the Voronezh region, both pilots are alive, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported. “The crew took the plane away from nearby buildings and ejected safely,” Interfax quotes the military department as saying.
No one was injured as a result of the incident. The cause of the plane crash remains to be determined special commission Armed forces of the Russian Federation.
Both pilots successfully ejected and made contact. “Nothing threatens their life and health,” the department said. The Ministry of Defense emphasized that the crew managed to steer the plane away from the buildings.
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