The Sukhoi Su-33 (pictured) is a variation of the Su-27, adapted for use on aircraft carriers
Daily Mail: A SECOND jet crashes into the Mediterranean while attempting to land on Russian aircraft carrier as it returned from Syria
* A Sukhoi Su-33 Flanker jet crashed into the Mediterranean on Saturday
* The plane was coming in to land on the carrier Admiral Kuznetsov
* It is believed to have been on a bombing mission in Syria, pilot survived
* The arrester wire, which is designed to catch the landing plane, snapped
A Russian Navy jet has crashed into the Mediterranean while operating from the aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov.
The Sukhoi Su-33 Flanker jet reportedly crashed on Saturday, the second such incident involving Russian forces deployed in Syria.
The Aviationist reported the plane crashed at its second attempt to land on the aircraft carrier in good weather conditions.
The Russian Ministry of Defence said the arrester wire, which is designed to catch the aircraft as it comes into land on the carrier's short runway, snapped.
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WNU Editor: The Russian press is reporting on this accident .... Russian Naval Aviation Learns Valuable But 'Bitter Lessons' in Syria (Sputnik). Also here .... Kremlin comments on Su-33 bomber jet crash in Mediterranean (TASS).
More News On A Second Russian Navy Jet Crashing Into The Mediterranean While Attempting A Carrier Landing
Less than three weeks after losing a MiG-29, it looks like the Russian Navy has lost another aircraft during Admiral Kuznetsov operations: a Su-33 Flanker. -- The Aviationist
Second Russian fighter jet crashes attempting aircraft carrier landing -- UPI
Russian jet crashes in failed carrier landing near Syria -- Times of Israel/AFP
Russian Su-33 Jet Crash: Aircraft Crashes In Mediterranean While Landing On Kuznetsov Aircraft Carrier -- International Business Times
Second Russian Carrier-based Fighter Crashes, Pilot Safe -- USNI News
Russian jets keep crashing — and it may be an aircraft carrier’s fault -- Washington Post
8 comments:
Vid of an arrestor cable failure with an SU-33 back in 1996.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZayMJRYNL48
Military work is very dangerous. Those who serve understand this. I wanted to serve in tbe US military but my eyesight is poor.
Aircraft carrier landings are among the most dangerohs. I remember not so long ago when the US Airforce lost two planes on the same day and these weren't even carrier landings. This is very dangerous work.
Correct, this happens in the u.s quite regularly under less trying conditions.
I think it does show a lack of training hours for Russian naval aviators, simulators are not the same as landing on a stamp
You do not need a pilot for the plane to catch the cable.
A plane can do it all by itself without computers.
http://www.military.com/video/aircraft/jet-fighters/top-6-aircraft-carrier-fails/665070365001/
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=84eVxXXdy-E
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SPlqoeaPUu4
Kind of bored.
I want to see something besides props, A4 Skyhawks & A7s. Maybe we could get film of carrier mishaps with Swordfish.
The military.com one was good. It was recent.
It looked really lousy at the end. But assuming he had fuel of r more passes or to land at an airbase, the pilot did good.
He successfully aborted a bad landing. Excellent.
If you are going to fail, it does not get better than that.
https://mobile.twitter.com/LyapunovS/status/805366044563013632/video/1
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0HRszhg7vWo
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