20.05.2021, 7:38
Another video shows how accurately the plane was directed.
A video recording of the Yak-130 crash in Baranavichy was sent to the editorial office by an Intex-press reader.
The tragedy occurred in the Uskhodni micro-district in the afternoon of May 19. During the crash of the military plane of the Lida assault air base Yak-130, which happened in Baranavichy, two pilots died - the commander of the training and combat squadron of the 116th assault airbase, Major
Andrei Nichyporchyk (born in 1987) and Lieutenant
Mikita Kukanenka (born in 1998) - flight pilot of the combat training squadron of the 116th assault aviation base. Both pilots were married, Andrei Nichyporchyk has three children.
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.
19.05.2021, 14:05
The Belarusian military men received it from the Russian Federation.
A military plane Yak-30 belonging to the Lida Assault AFB has crashed in Baranavichy. Both pilots died.
The flight was performed by Major
Andrei Nichyporchyk, the commander of the flight of the training and combat squadron of the Assault AFB #116, and Lieutenant
Mikita Kukanenka, the pilot of the flight of the training and combat squadron on the Yak-130 of the Assault AFB #116.
What was the aircraft that fell in Baranavichy?
Independent media report that it was one of the 12 combat training Yak-30 planes, that entered service with the Belarusian Air Force under an agreement between the Ministry of Defense of the Republic and the Russian PJSC Scientific and Production Corporation Irkut quite recently, in 2019.
According to Intex-Press, an aircraft has crashed in Baranavichy.
The Ministry of Defense reported that the military plane of the Lida assault air base Yak-130 crashed. During the training flight, the crew discovered a technical malfunction. Having shown courage and heroism, the pilots tried to take the plane away from the populated settlement. Having made sure that the trajectory of the plane s fall was outside the residential buildings, the pilots ejected.
Unfortunately, both pilots died.
The flight was performed by Major
Andrei Nichyporchyk, the commander of the flight of the training and combat squadron of the Assault AFB #116, and Lieutenant