This day but five years ago at the aircraft show of Sknilov airport (the Ukraine) SU-27 fighter got out of control and fell down on the crowd. During this accident 77 people were killed.
See the compilation of 3 videos after the jump.
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Looks like the pilot tried to eject but landed right in the fireball…. tragic.
No. Look at the parachute. The pilot survived.
That parachute isnt gonna help him when hes so close to the ground… I haven’t read the report or anything… are you sure he survived. It looks like he and his seat ejected right into the fireball.
The seat is designed to be jet packed, it launches the pilot into the air to achieve minimal parachute altitude, it also throws the pilot clear of the wreckige
Check out these series of photographs. In one of them you can see the pilot has survived.
http://www.aviapedia.com/video/su-27-crash-in-lvov-video
You can see the parachute
Slow motion version-
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/233651/su_27_crash_in_slow_motion/
Why in the world was he over the crowd at all?
bad luck for the pilot … no chance there
http://www.freestats.co.il
The pilot survived, it was in the news
This video shows the pilot after ejection (warning: it also shows many bodies):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MwjqhCIwZA
Both pilots survived with minor injuries from the ejection and landed just feet away from the transport aircraft.
A military court sentenced Toponar and co-pilot Yegorov to fourteen and eight years in prison, respectively. The court found the two pilots and three other military officials guilty of failing to follow orders, negligence and violating flight rules. Two of the three officials were sentenced to up to six years in prison, and the last official received up to four years. In addition, Toponar was ordered to pay €1.18 million in compensation to the families, and Yegorov another €0.4 million.
horrible stuff. poor people.
Yup, pitying them pilots seems a bit trivial here. I think I’d rather die than be in charge of death of 77 bystanders.
If it were in the USA, there probably would not be any charges due to the fact the engine failed and it was no fault of the pilot.
The pilots are in prison now… And also got fines of 150,000EURO to pay. I think the main pilot got 8 years in prison. They were doing things they should not have been doing. Irresponsible. That graphic video is horrible. Piece of body parts all over the ground. tragic.