In Balashikha during a demonstration flight the plane crashed An-2
The main version of the crash was pilot error when performing aerobatics, said emergency services.
MOSCOW, September 2. /TASS/. The an-2 plane crashed in Balashikha during the Airshow, completing a demonstration flight. About TASS reported in the emergency services.
“The plane is at low altitude, performed demonstration flight. The pilot lost control, the An-2 fell. Two people aboard were killed,” the source said.
When they hit the ground the plane caught fire.
As head of flight Airshow in Balashikha Victor Koshin, the plane crashed performing aerobatics.
“The plane An-2 crashed while performing aerobatics, killing the two pilots,” said Koshin, adding that investigation of the causes of the incident.
While in the emergency TASS reported that the main version of wreck of An-2 — error of the crew when performing aerobatics. “The pilots showed aerobatics. When you run the loop, may have been a mistake, the pilot lost control and the plane fell,” said the source.
As reported in a press-service GU MVD of Russia Moscow region “the plane crashed in a field, death and destruction on the ground there, anybody from spectators has not suffered.”
On the earth of victims and destructions. Airshow held at the airport DOSAAF Black. Demonstration was timed to the 70th anniversary of the An-2.