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Two pilots killed as Tu-95MS bomber crashes after all 4 engines fail
siberian times ^ | 14 july 2015 | The Siberian Times reporte

Posted on 07/14/2015 10:30:45 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT

Two pilots killed as Tu-95MS bomber crashes after all 4 engines fail

Five crew safely parachuted from stricken jet in latest of spate of accidents afflicting military aircraft.

The accident was the sixth involving Russian military aircraft this summer, reported news agencies. The ministry said the crash was probably caused by a malfunction, although other causes were not ruled out, reported Sputnik News Agency.

(Excerpt) Read more at siberiantimes.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; History; Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: crash; tu95; ussr
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To: gr8eman

Or bad fuel. . .


41 posted on 07/14/2015 11:56:11 AM PDT by Hulka
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To: Rodamala

42 posted on 07/14/2015 12:02:28 PM PDT by ex91B10 (We've tried the Soap Box,the Ballot Box and the Jury Box; ONE BOX LEFT!)
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To: Uncle Miltie

Good.

One less of those to worry about.


43 posted on 07/14/2015 12:21:23 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT
For all four engines to fail it had to be a fuel problem. Either bad fuel (water in the fuel) or empty fuel tanks. I'll bet on bad fuel. The Tu-95 has been in-service with the Russians since 1956. It is the Russian equivalent to our B-52 Stratofortress that entered service in February 1955.
44 posted on 07/14/2015 12:33:41 PM PDT by MasterGunner01 ( Barbara Daly Danko)
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To: CommerceComet

How about ice crystals in the fuel?

I was deployed to Uzbekistan at an old Soviet air base. The Uzbeks had a few Sukhoi Su-27’s which they would light off before dawn & spool up to full throttle for what seemed like forever before finally rolling for takeoff. Very noisy.

Asked Basops what was gong on & the reply was that Russian jet fuel had no anti-ice additives so the airframes were gotten good & hot before flight to prevent fuel starvation due to ice in the fuel.


45 posted on 07/14/2015 12:44:31 PM PDT by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam.")
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To: RayChuang88

There’s an old joke that DEW line folks will hear Tu-95s approaching long before they see them on radar.


46 posted on 07/14/2015 12:47:36 PM PDT by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam.")
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To: Drew68

My guess as well, except the article said the fuel valves failed to all engines. Of course we will never know the truth.


47 posted on 07/14/2015 12:54:55 PM PDT by USNBandit (Sarcasm engaged at all times)
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To: Rodamala; TruthWillWin

Fuel Boost pump failure. If it even has one:)


48 posted on 07/14/2015 12:55:41 PM PDT by superfries
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To: DUMBGRUNT

50 years isn’t bad. There are older DC3s still flying around from the 30s.

Of course they aren’t maintained by Russians.


49 posted on 07/14/2015 1:02:56 PM PDT by Seruzawa (All those memories will be lost,in time, like tears in rain.)
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To: MasterGunner01
For all four engines to fail it had to be a fuel problem. Either bad fuel (water in the fuel) or empty fuel tanks. I'll bet on bad fuel.

According to the article, "TASS news agency cited sources saying a failure of the plane's fuel valves led to the failure of all four engines."

50 posted on 07/14/2015 1:21:59 PM PDT by cynwoody
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To: cynwoody
If the fuel transfer valves are electric and there was an electrical problem, that would point to why the four engines suffered from fuel starvation. My guess is these fuel transfer vales are controlled by the flight engineer.
51 posted on 07/14/2015 1:29:51 PM PDT by MasterGunner01 ( Barbara Daly Danko)
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To: Jagdgewehr

And who do you think may have shot down a Tu-95 in the middle of nowhere, in far eastern Siberia?


52 posted on 07/14/2015 1:37:53 PM PDT by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office)
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To: gr8eman

or the fuel was water/contaminate laden


53 posted on 07/14/2015 2:36:40 PM PDT by X Fretensis
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