Posted on 09/13/2022 8:25:53 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
A Russian Su-25 fighter jet has crashed immediately after take-off in Crimea, emitting a huge fireball as Putin's botched invasion of Ukraine continues to suffer huge losses.
On Sunday morning, the jet, which costs an estimated £9.5million, tried to take off alongside another aircraft at a strip on the Crimean peninsula.
After lifting off from the runway, it veered sharply towards the left and then plummeted towards the ground, emitting a huge cloud of black smoke.
After it smashed into the ground, a huge fireball erupted at the Crimean airfield in the latest blow to Putin
The Ukrainian Ministry of Defence (MoD) said: 'Sunday morning in Crimea. Another Su-25 is down. Incompetence at all levels.
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Putin fans chirping in 3…2…1…
So on one post Ukraine is taking back all their territory and on this post Russia is killing themselves. Can I assume this war will be over soon and Americans can stop sending Ukraine Billions?
Putin can’t get high-tech parts because of the sanctions.
“I know but this guy has no flying experience at all. He’s a menace to himself and everything else in the air ... yes, birds too.”
Those billions are a bargain. The Ukrainians WORK hard with it and kill the constant Russian talk of winning against the Americans and reversing the “illegal” transfer of Alaska. It is the trillions that the Dems buy votes with from those who do not work that one should be concerned about.
Keeping combat aircraft properly maintained is hard work.
“Tip of the smear.”
LMAO!! Saw the video... Those are some well-trained warfighters on the Russian side..
It likely is a maintenance issue, although a formation departure like that can lead to a wingtip vortex ingestion caused surge in the left engine, followed by the yaw/roll to the left that you see. It’s too low to recover so bam, into the grass he goes...
Just one of many possibilities.
Another ‘Good Russian’ (the only kind).
You can see part of his wing tip come off just before the crash. He hit the other jet on take off. No chutes.
It definitely looks like the wings touch, and then smoke.
You could see when they went past the camera that one jet was out in front of the other, but he must have caught up.
Why would they even fly like that? This isn’t the blue angels.
Top Gun? No.
Bottom Gun? Yes.
Only Juan Browne (on YouTube’s Blancolirio Channel) will know for sure.😉😅
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