The garrison military court in Kaluga has decided to delay the sentences of those responsible for the downing of a Tu-22 front-line bomber that killed the plane’s crew, the newspaper reported.Kommersant“.
According to the court, the actions of the deputy commander of the squadron of the 52nd Guards Aviation Regiment Alexei Skvortsov and technician Igor Aristov led to the death of three people – the crew of the plane was accidentally launched. The crew died due to the opening of the parachutes in the rescue seats at an insufficient height for rescue – the plane was flying low.
It was noted that the convicts did not agree with the decision and believed that the incident was caused by a technical malfunction that neither they nor the court could detect.
The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that the tragedy occurred on March 23 “during the planned ground preparations for the Tu-22M3 flight at an airport in the Kaluga region.”
At the same time, one of the four crew members managed to survive.
Formerly three soldiers dead As a result of the operation of the catapults of the Tu-22 bomber at the airfield near Kaluga.