The air crash at Graf Ignatievo: Complex maneuver at low altitude

The data gathered so far about the accident near Graf Ignatievo air base, in which a training aircraft crashed, indicate that the pilot and the instructor were most likely ordered to perform a series of complex manoeuvres at extremely low altitude and then to land. This is what BNT learned from sources.

The manoeuvres, apart from their specific complexity, were also were also distinguished by their great attractiveness. It is not specified whether the machine fell in the forest near the airbase during the third or fourth manoeuvre.

Due to the extremely low altitude of the flight, it is assumed that the two pilots had no reaction time to eject.