Posted on April 26, 2009 - by Venik
Su-35 Crashed in Russia
According the Russian media, a Su-35-4 (third flying prototype) crashed on Sunday around 11am local time while taking off from the runway of Sukhoi’s KnAAPO manufacturing plant in Komsomolsk-na-Amure. It has been reported that the aircraft collided with an unidentified obstacle at the end of the runway and was completely destroyed. Yevgeniy Frolov, one of Sukhoi’s leading test pilots, ejected before the collision and was not hurt. So far the were no official comments from eithe Sukhoi or the manufacturing plant’s management. It is believed the crash occurred at the KnAAPO airport.
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Pity. What a waste of a nice, expensive plane and all the work that went into assembling and testing it.
But if it’s true that it was a collision with something on the runway, then the implications for the rest of the Su-35 flight test program may not be substantial.
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