Posted on 09/13/2022 8:25:53 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
A Russian Su-25 fighter jet has crashed immediately after take-off in Crimea, emitting a huge fireball as Putin's botched invasion of Ukraine continues to suffer huge losses.
On Sunday morning, the jet, which costs an estimated £9.5million, tried to take off alongside another aircraft at a strip on the Crimean peninsula.
After lifting off from the runway, it veered sharply towards the left and then plummeted towards the ground, emitting a huge cloud of black smoke.
After it smashed into the ground, a huge fireball erupted at the Crimean airfield in the latest blow to Putin
The Ukrainian Ministry of Defence (MoD) said: 'Sunday morning in Crimea. Another Su-25 is down. Incompetence at all levels.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
lol...... Was alcohol involved? (vodka)
Putin is as incompetent as these Rooskie jet pilots.
Sorry. Not pilot incompetence. His incompetent ground crew killed him.
When the war ends is within the control of Mr. Putin
US dollars will continue to flow uninterrupted to the money laundering capital of the world. The DC regime benefits too much to stop.
That’s got to be poor maintenance.
“Keeping combat aircraft properly maintained is hard work.”
Absolutely.
But was he vaxxed?
“Those are some well-trained warfighters on the Russian side..”
I think it was most likely a maintenance problem. The flight was a simple take-off and bank, second-nature for a pilot if there are no mechanical or avionic issues.
“You can see part of his wing tip come off just before the crash. He hit the other jet on take off. No chutes.”
I did not see that. You must have good eyes. If that is the case, then it looks like pilot error.
“You could see when they went past the camera that one jet was out in front of the other...”
Which is normal.
“...but he must have caught up.”
Yup.
It’s not a fighter, it’s a subsonic close air support plane.
But was he vaxxed?
He was. It would have been much worse had he not.
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