Taken Apart by Russian
Posted on 11/08/2009 10:27:51 PM PST by ErnstStavroBlofeld
Last month, a Russian Il-76 transport crashed after taking off from a Siberian airport. The aircraft had just unloaded a cargo. This accident was no surprise, in general, because of growing problems with the aging Il-76 fleet. For example, a month ago, all Il-76s were grounded because the engine fell off one of them while it was preparing to takeoff. All Russian Il-76s remained grounded until recently, when it was determined that the problem was not common to all Il-76s. The recent crash led to another mass grounding, and growing unease among the many foreign nations that use the Il-76.. It was only two years ago that Russia rolled out an upgraded model. New engines and electronics give the Il-76MD-90 eight percent better fuel efficiency, and the ability to lift up to 60 tons of cargo. Further improvements, in development, will increase fuel efficiency another 14 percent. Russia is trying to make the Il-76 a contender in the military air transport market
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On 19 February 2003, an Ilyushin Il-76 crashed near Kerman, Iran under mysterious reasons (possibly weather-related). The crash killed 302 people, including hundreds of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard.
Whenever I hear about the IL-76, I think about this infamous takeoff (not a crash, just one scary takeoff)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdMNg8FrVYM
You can pull back on the flight stick annnnytime now, pardner!
big Russian a/c [ing
I notice the tower guy referred to the craft as ‘the vodka burner’
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