Post by Airbus A346 on Aug 18, 2021 23:06:38 GMT 1
On the 17th August 2021 a United Aircraft Corporation Ilyushin Il-112V military transport (prototype) aircraft, registration RF-41400, crashed near the Kubinka Air Force Base, Russia.
The three crew members onboard, including test pilot Nikolai Kuimov who was in command of the Il-112V on its maiden flight on 30 March 2019, were all fatally injured.
The accident occurred during a training flight, a video shows that a fire started in the right engine, the aircraft subsequently rolled and crashed into a wooded area. The flight programme had been delayed due to problems with the aircrafts Klimov TV7-117ST engines.
The three crew members onboard, including test pilot Nikolai Kuimov who was in command of the Il-112V on its maiden flight on 30 March 2019, were all fatally injured.
The accident occurred during a training flight, a video shows that a fire started in the right engine, the aircraft subsequently rolled and crashed into a wooded area. The flight programme had been delayed due to problems with the aircrafts Klimov TV7-117ST engines.