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Originally posted by Highkeas View PostThey recovered a parachute. I wonder if it was a landing deceleration parachute.
An army official who helped oversee the airlifting of bodies from the Sukhoi plane crash says the parachute found in the plane’s wreckage is still sealed in a bag and has not been used.
Bogor’s Surya Kencana Military Resort Commander, Col. (Inf.) A.M. Putranto, ended speculation that a parachute had been used by one of the victims.
“I am also a paratrooper and let me assure you that the parachute has not been used,” he said in a press conference in Bogor.
Since last week, rumors had circulated that the Sukhoi’s pilot, who was found dead, tried to leap from the aircraft with a parachute.
While admitting that a parachute was found in the wreckage of the Russian-made Sukhoi Superjet 100, Putranto stated that it was still sealed.
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Originally posted by TeeVee View Postremember the line from Armageddon, "what are you doing with a gun in space?" why was there a parachute on what was supposed to be a commercial aircraft?
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Originally posted by TeeVee View Postremember the line from Armageddon, "what are you doing with a gun in space?" why was there a parachute on what was supposed to be a commercial aircraft?
Other than that, it could have been an escape parachute for the test flight crew. This plane was not doing the demonstration flights. The one used for that purpose had a technical problem and this one, that was in the test flight program, was taken in a hurry to keep with the marketing agenda. Perhaps the parachute used in test flight was left there in some overhead bin or something.
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Originally posted by Gabriel View PostI have no idea.
Other than that, it could have been an escape parachute for the test flight crew. This plane was not doing the demonstration flights. The one used for that purpose had a technical problem and this one, that was in the test flight program, was taken in a hurry to keep with the marketing agenda. Perhaps the parachute used in test flight was left there in some overhead bin or something.
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This wasn't a commercial aeroplane.
It was an experimental pre-production model of what is going to become a commercial aeroplane.
These are still in the test pilots realm.
It wouldn't surprise me if they had left a parachute on there from the test flying stage - esp considering they may well have been still planning to do more test flying on the jet.
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Originally posted by MCM View PostThis wasn't a commercial aeroplane.
It was an experimental pre-production model of what is going to become a commercial aeroplane.
These are still in the test pilots realm.
It wouldn't surprise me if they had left a parachute on there from the test flying stage - esp considering they may well have been still planning to do more test flying on the jet.
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preliminary report
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Originally posted by TeeVee View Postsounds to me like some in ATC needs to find a new job...
ATC can't fly the plane for them.Les règles de l'aviation de base découragent de longues périodes de dur tirer vers le haut.
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