Mrgud Posted August 5, 2014 Posted August 5, 2014 As a title says, Croatian MiG-21 marked 121 crashed about hour ago 1 kilometer from runway at Pleso airfield near Zagreb. Pilot has ejected but there is no news about his condition. At the moment, there is no more news. :(
garengarch Posted August 5, 2014 Posted August 5, 2014 Lets hope the pilot made it out ok. Vega 2700x /16Gb ram/480Gb SSD/1Tb Seagate/nVidia 2080/Win 10 64 bit Rift. T-flight pedals.
Mrgud Posted August 5, 2014 Author Posted August 5, 2014 The news are that the airplane caught fire in the air and pilot managed to steer it to the least populated area of the village in which accident occurred. Parts of the airplane fell in people's backyards but luckily no one on the ground was injured and the pilot has only minor injuries.
karambiatos Posted August 5, 2014 Posted August 5, 2014 the news said that the last time the plane the plane had repairs was 12 years ago, what do they mean by that exactly? A 1000 flights, a 1000 crashes, perfect record. =&arrFilter_pf[gameversion]=&arrFilter_pf[filelang]=&arrFilter_pf[aircraft]=&arrFilter_DATE_CREATE_1_DAYS_TO_BACK=&sort_by_order=TIMESTAMP_X_DESC"] Check out my random mods and things
NeilWillis Posted August 5, 2014 Posted August 5, 2014 They probably mean that it was last repaired 12 years ago - that isn't the same as servicing is it though! Maybe until just before it crashed, it had developed no faults.
joey45 Posted August 5, 2014 Posted August 5, 2014 It got damaged somehow and it was repaired to flying condition. The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance. "Me, the 13th Duke of Wybourne, here on the ED forums at 3 'o' clock in the morning, with my reputation. Are they mad.." https://ko-fi.com/joey45
Mrgud Posted August 5, 2014 Author Posted August 5, 2014 It has been overhauled and modernized in 2003. in Romania and hasn't been overhauld again in Ukraine this year as other MiGs.
Mrgud Posted August 5, 2014 Author Posted August 5, 2014 On the press conference, the pilot Stanko Hrzenjak said that there was some problem with landing gear, than engine exploded when plane was flying 400 km/h and 500 meters high. Smoke filled the cockpit and Dangerous regime indicator came on. After few moments, there was a hydraulics failure, pilot waited that plane was clear of the houses below and, at the hight of 200 meters, he ejected. He later said that he was some 15 seconds from successful landing. The plane was near expiration of the flying resources, but fully functional during the take-off. The local villagers speaks of the pilot with great respect because he waited in burning plane until clear of their houses below.
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