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Russian warplane crashes into Mediterranean Sea after Syria operation
Express ^ | 12/05/2016 | Alix Culbertson

Posted on 12/05/2016 3:37:31 AM PST by Freelance Warrior

The Su-33 aircraft skidded off the runway while landing on the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier in the Mediterranean, Russian news agencies reported on Monday citing a statement from the Russian defence ministry.

The pilot ejected from the plane and is safe, the defence ministry was quoted as saying.

A statement from the ministry, said: "While landing after completing a combat task in the Syrian sky, a Su-33 fighter jet skidded off the dock because the cable of the stopping device broke. "The pilot ejected and was immediately brought aboard the Admiral Kuznetsov heavy aircraft carrier by rescuers. "His life is not in danger. "The ship-based aviation continues its flights in accordance with its tasks."

(Excerpt) Read more at express.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Russia; Syria
KEYWORDS: kuznetsov; russia; su33
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1 posted on 12/05/2016 3:37:31 AM PST by Freelance Warrior
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To: Freelance Warrior

All carrier aviation is risky, but for the Adm. Kuznetzov flying requires a death wish.


2 posted on 12/05/2016 3:39:32 AM PST by Enchante (Hoping the Clintonistas are gone from our public life forever!!)
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To: Freelance Warrior

Their prowess are not as great as their fan club believes.


3 posted on 12/05/2016 3:41:24 AM PST by elhombrelibre (Against Obama. Against Putin. Pro-freedom. Pro-US Constitution.)
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To: Enchante

Seems like Ivan is losing a plane a week.


4 posted on 12/05/2016 3:42:15 AM PST by C19fan
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To: Freelance Warrior

The plane should have stayed on land.


5 posted on 12/05/2016 3:43:59 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Freelance Warrior
That's two so far.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2329115/russian-fighter-jet-deployed-in-syria-crashes-into-the-mediterranean-while-attempting-to-land-on-aircraft-carrier/

6 posted on 12/05/2016 3:45:10 AM PST by elhombrelibre (Against Obama. Against Putin. Pro-freedom. Pro-US Constitution.)
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To: Freelance Warrior
Ivan and his aircraft carriers, what will those wacky guys do next. Is the name of that aircraft carrier the F Troop?
7 posted on 12/05/2016 3:45:49 AM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie
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To: C19fan

Yes, and yet some would have us believe they’re the best military in the world.


8 posted on 12/05/2016 3:46:04 AM PST by elhombrelibre (Against Obama. Against Putin. Pro-freedom. Pro-US Constitution.)
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To: elhombrelibre

So much for that Grand Alliance. Putin’s motto should be “make Russia pretend to be great again”


9 posted on 12/05/2016 3:47:11 AM PST by ari-freedom (Chicken Little Concerned for Trump people are almost as annoying as NeverTrumpers!)
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To: elhombrelibre

http://digg.com/video/aircraft-carrier-cable-breaks


10 posted on 12/05/2016 3:47:47 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: ari-freedom
There is much truth in that.

https://themoscowtimes.com/articles/to-be-great-again-russia-resurrects-soviet-legends-56380

11 posted on 12/05/2016 3:49:02 AM PST by elhombrelibre (Against Obama. Against Putin. Pro-freedom. Pro-US Constitution.)
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To: elhombrelibre

http://abcnews.go.com/US/american-sailors-aircraft-carrier-injured-landing-cable-snaps/story?id=37761829


12 posted on 12/05/2016 3:49:51 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: elhombrelibre
Their prowess are not as great as their fan club believes.

That's certainly true for the Russian carrier-based air force. The carrier is notoriously cranky and have spent most of its time since the comission in repairing wards.

13 posted on 12/05/2016 3:50:05 AM PST by Freelance Warrior (A Russian.)
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To: Freelance Warrior

https://sputniknews.com/us/201505121022057885/


14 posted on 12/05/2016 3:55:13 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: elhombrelibre

Give credit to Putin for getting the maximum leverage from the hand he has. If this was poker Putin would be crushing Obama because he know he playing against a fish.


15 posted on 12/05/2016 3:58:30 AM PST by C19fan
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To: elhombrelibre

We had two, too... in December 2015 and March 2016


16 posted on 12/05/2016 4:03:07 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: Sacajaweau
Well, yes, such things happen, but I, knowing the context, will say that the US competence in the carrier operations are far better than the Russian one. Two planes in mere weeks.

But, there are other branches of military, and of Air Force as well.

17 posted on 12/05/2016 4:06:02 AM PST by Freelance Warrior (A Russian.)
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To: C19fan
Obama's naiveté and pivot policy created a vacuum for the former KGB Colonel turned ultra-nationalist president for life. Meanwhile, the information war is proceeding.

http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/the-russian-plot-against-europe

18 posted on 12/05/2016 4:07:00 AM PST by elhombrelibre (Against Obama. Against Putin. Pro-freedom. Pro-US Constitution.)
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To: Sacajaweau

Yes, we have many deaths in training. We’re not encouraging an “invincibility myth” though.


19 posted on 12/05/2016 4:08:51 AM PST by elhombrelibre (Against Obama. Against Putin. Pro-freedom. Pro-US Constitution.)
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To: Freelance Warrior

So this is the second time in two weeks?


20 posted on 12/05/2016 4:10:31 AM PST by mad_as_he$$ ("Elections have consequences." Barack Obama)
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