|
Author
|
Topic: Buran pilot Yablontsev missing, believed dead
|
ColinBurgess
Member Posts: 2031
From: Sydney, Australia
Registered: Sep 2003
|
posted 05-09-2012 04:23 PM
   
Dutch space analyst Bert Vis is reporting that the pilot of the Superjet 100 missing over Indonesia this morning with 46 passengers on board is former Air Force Buran pilot Aleksandr Yablontsev. No further details at this time. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42988
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
|
posted 05-10-2012 07:25 AM
The wreckage of the missing airliner has been found, having smashed into the jagged ridge on top of Mount Salak, a long-dormant volcano at speeds of 480 miles per hour (800 kilometers per hour). All 45 people on board were feared dead.Due to the remoteness of the crash site and the steep, rugged terrain, the bodies will be placed in nets and lifted by ropes to a hovering chopper, national search and rescue agency spokesman Gagah Prakoso said. Heavy mist was hampering visibility, however, forcing the postponement of evacuations until Friday. "So far we haven't found any survivors, but we are still searching," he said as teams of soldiers, police and volunteers continued to troop up the slopes. A photo of pilot Aleksandr Yablontsev taken May 8 has been released:  |
dom
Member Posts: 855
From:
Registered: Aug 2001
|
posted 05-10-2012 12:12 PM
The Buran pilots always seemed slightly jinxed - with a higher than normal death rate in aircraft accidents. I seriously hope the pilot didn't intentionally take the aircraft down to such a dangerously low level to impress his VIP passengers. |
cosmos-walter
Member Posts: 691
From: Salzburg, Austria
Registered: Jun 2003
|
posted 05-10-2012 05:17 PM
. rest in peace |
Henk Boshuijer
Member Posts: 450
From: Netherlands
Registered: May 2007
|
posted 05-10-2012 06:09 PM
. |
gliderpilotuk
Member Posts: 3398
From: London, UK
Registered: Feb 2002
|
posted 05-11-2012 03:43 AM
. |
Kite
Member Posts: 831
From: Northampton UK
Registered: Nov 2009
|
posted 05-11-2012 04:02 AM
. |
dss65
Member Posts: 1156
From: Sandpoint, ID, USA
Registered: Mar 2003
|
posted 05-11-2012 09:17 PM
. |
randy
Member Posts: 2176
From: West Jordan, Utah USA
Registered: Dec 1999
|
posted 05-11-2012 11:13 PM
. |
East-Frisian
Member Posts: 586
From: Germany
Registered: Apr 2005
|
posted 05-12-2012 11:12 AM
. |
SPACEFACTS
Member Posts: 301
From: Germany
Registered: Aug 2006
|
posted 05-12-2012 11:21 AM
. |
history in miniature
Member Posts: 600
From: Slatington, PA
Registered: Mar 2009
|
posted 05-12-2012 02:16 PM
. |
Mike Isbell
Member Posts: 551
From: Silver Spring, Maryland USA
Registered: Aug 2003
|
posted 05-12-2012 02:20 PM
. |
jasonelam
Member Posts: 691
From: Monticello, KY USA
Registered: Mar 2007
|
posted 05-12-2012 08:38 PM
. |
Hart Sastrowardoyo
Member Posts: 3445
From: Toms River, NJ
Registered: Aug 2000
|
posted 12-18-2012 12:53 AM
Reports are that the crew are to blame for the crash: Information recovered from the Sukhoi Superjet-100's cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder indicated the pilot in command was chatting with a potential buyer in the cockpit just before the plane slammed into dormant Mount Salak on May 9, Commission Chairman Tatang Kurniadi told reporters....Russian pilot Alexander Yablontsev was in charge of the flight and was an experienced test pilot, logging 10,000 hours in the Sukhoi Superjet and its prototypes. |
advertisement