We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.
The aircraft suffered an incident at Chita Airport last April 18 when the nose gear collapsed on landing. Following repairs, the crew (three pilots and two engineers) was engaged in a local test flight out from Khanty-Mansiysk Airport. While cruising at an altitude of 6,000 meters, the ailerons were deployed to an angle of 8,5° then the aircraft turned to the right. Eight seconds later, it went out of control, overturned and entered a dive. With a rate of descent of 100 meters per second, the ai
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