20.05.2021, 11:56
The pilots did not eject.
A tragedy occurred yesterday in Baranavichy: a military plane from the Lida assault airbase crashed in a residential part of the city. In the crash of the Russian Yak-130 plane, both pilots died: Major
Andrei Nichyporchyk and Lieutenant
Mikita Kukanenka.
According to official information, which was announced today, the reason for the catastrophe in Baranavichy was the phased failure of all control systems of the Russian Yak-130 aircraft, BelTA informs.
During the deciphering of the "black boxes," it became known that the pilots did not eject - one of them was thrown by a catapult at the moment of hitting the ground.