Electrical fire, lightning, or criminal act? Aviation experts on likely cause of Russian plane crash
As investigators begin to piece together what happened to the Sukhoi Superjet 100 that crash-landed in Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport, two aviation experts told RT that certain possibilities can’t be ruled out.
Aeroflot Flight SU1492 left Moscow’s Sheremetyevo International Airport on Sunday, bound for Murmansk. However, the plane returned to the airport and crash-landed in a flaming wreck after pilots reported an emergency.
Aeroflot and Russia’s Investigative Committee have both launched probes into the incident, and a number of theories have begun to circulate, among them that the plane was struck by lightning.
“It’s plausible but unlikely,” aviation safety assessor Jacques Astre told RT. Although thunderstorms had been reported in the area earlier on Sunday, “Airplanes are designed to withstand lightning strikes,” he explained. “Sometimes there is damage, but it’s very minor and not to the extent that it could cause the loss of the aircraft.”
Astre reckons it’s “very likely” that the fire began with an electrical fault. That view is shared by Sultan Hali, a former senior officer with the Pakistani Air Force and a veteran aviator.
“The usual culprit is electronic cables short-circuiting, so this could very well be an electronic fire caused by that,” he told RT. Hali added that an electrical fire is one of “the most horrifying” things that a pilot can experience, as it can bring down communications capability.
“If you have lost total communication then you are on your own,” he added.
https://www.rt.com/news/458450-what-caused-superjet-plane-crash/
>I wonder which countries scum intelligence service is responsible for this