Perpendicular fit

Why two military planes did not share the runway at Makhachkala airport

The military investigative department of the Makhachkala garrison is investigating the collision of two Il-76 aircraft of the 675th Special Purpose Air Regiment of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The official version of the disaster was announced by the press center of the troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs: the landing ...

The military investigative department of the Makhachkala garrison is investigating the collision of two Il-76 aircraft of the 675th Special Purpose Air Regiment of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

The official version of the disaster was announced by the press center of the troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs: the landing plane was blown away by the wind, because of which he could not miss the oncoming aircraft. At the same time, the weight of even an empty Il-76 is 40 tons (maximum takeoff weight is 172 tons), and the wind, according to the current weather at the airport, was only two meters per second. To put it mildly, not enough to blow a heavy cargo plane off the runway.

A Novaya Gazeta source at the Makhachkala airport is sure that the crash was the result of an error by the crews of both planes. Landing conditions were indeed difficult. The width of the airport runway is only 42 meters, the wingspan of the Il-76 is 50 meters, so Ilya is accepted at the airport only by prior agreement. The situation was complicated by thick fog and poor visibility.

Il, preparing for takeoff, took a place at the preliminary start (the end of the steering track, perpendicular to the runway) and waited for the second to sit down, but for some reason drove forward 40 meters, coming close to the runway. And the landing Il-76 deviated 20 meters from the central axis of the runway (towards the taxiway) and landed on the ground. As suggested at the airport, because of the fog, the pilot simply missed the runway. As a result, he touched the cockpit of the second aircraft with his wing, and it caught fire. The landing plane continued uncontrolled movement and also flared up.

A criminal case was opened under the article on violation of flight rules. According to the investigative committee under the Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation, the suspects are pilots of both Ilov.

As they say in the press service of the internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, the Ilys transferred soldiers and equipment to Makhachkala. There were four aircraft in total: the first landed safely before the crash, the fourth was forced to leave for an alternate airfield.