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Russian combat airplane lost its gear during landing on an air carrier's deck
Moscow, Russia - The structural failure could have produced dramatic effects if the stop hook had not halted the airplane's running
Russian press pointed out an accident today, occurred on board the Russian Navy's air carrier Admiral Kuznetsov on last October 18. During an exercise in the Northern Atlantic Ocean, a Sukhoi Su-25 UGT attack airplane (the shipped version of the Frogfoot) would have lost a part of its gear during landing, so risking to crash on the command structures of the war ship, but it was stopped by its tail...
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 106461
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency