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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
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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...
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AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency