Prosecutors called guess the data about the strange behavior of the pilot of Tu-154
Chief military Prosecutor Sergei Fridinsky called the “guesswork” data publication “Kommersant” about the causes of the crash of Tu-154 in the area of Sochi. Previously, the newspaper wrote about the strange behavior of the pilot.
Investigators have not yet made a “definite conclusions” about the causes of death belonging to the Ministry of defence of Tu-154 taking off 25 Dec 2016 from Sochi to Syrian Latakia, said the Deputy General Prosecutor and chief military Prosecutor Sergei Fridinsky. Data from the publication “Kommersant”, who wrote about the strange behavior of the pilot, he attributed to the number of “guesses”.
“To say it is not much, and what is published out there, I think more guesses,” Fridinsky said (quoted by TASS), noting that to continue the conversation after you are taken “some important decisions and conclusions”.
On the question of when this might happen, he didn’t answer.
Previously, the newspaper “Kommersant” with reference to data of the Commission investigating the causes of the crash reported that the cause of the death of Tu-154 was the “strange behavior” of the pilot. In the article “Kommersant” noted that after takeoff Tu-154 reached a height of about 250 m and a speed of 360-370 km/h, but then the commander of the crew of a novel for some unknown reason, turned the aircraft mode to landing. The machine is ten seconds had fallen under the control of the pilot, and then hit the water and collapsed.
According to one version, the cause of the strange behavior of the pilot could become disoriented in space — the stars were visible simultaneously from above (in the night sky) and below (reflections in the sea water) and the resulting acceleration overload could create the illusion that the aircraft is climbing, while in fact the liner was reduced.
Owned by the defense Ministry, the plane Tu-154 crashed over the Black sea on the morning of 25 December 2016 after taking off from Sochi. On Board were 92 people: soldiers, artists Alexandrov ensemble, the employees of three Russian television channels and the head of the Fund “Fair aid” Elizabeth Glinka.