Russian Tu-154 crash: witness report points to piloting error







Russian news website meduza.io has published witness report for Russian Tu-154 crash on 25/12/2016.

According to witness, shortly after takeoff plane had very slow speed and plane nose was very up. Instead of climbing plane started descend and hit water with tail first. Initial impact ripped tail off and the whole plane crashed into water after that.

From witness description, crash appears to be caused by piloting error. Pilot risen nose to quickly causing “deep stall”, a condition that could happen on T-tail airplanes.

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News source (in Russian): https://meduza.io/news/2016/12/27/ochevidets-krusheniya-tu-154-dal-pokazaniya-v-polzu-versii-ob-oshibke-pilota



