The media learned the possible cause of the fire people of the Russian helicopter

The fire observers from the helicopter could have happened due to a technical failure.

A rocket attack on the observers of the Ka-52 (alligator) on the teachings of the West-2017 could occur due to a technical failure in the system, according to Kommersant citing sources close to the Russian headquarters of the airborne military forces.

According to the newspaper, the incident occurred on 16 September at 14:00 Moscow time at the site of Luga. Helicopter a couple of Smakhtin Colonel and Lieutenant Volchkova took off from the airfield Pushkin in the Leningrad region for fire missions. 14:47 Moscow time spontaneously went unguided rocket air to ground. At this time the helicopter with the permission of the flight Director made the third entry on the combat course at a speed of about 200 kilometers per hour at an altitude of 50 metres.

Volchkov reported the incident to the flight supervisor who is instructed to stop the task. Volchkov changed course and returned to base in the city. On the ground injuring three people, injured three cars.

The newspaper noted that investigation into the incident created a special Commission, which included representatives of the Ministry of defense and aviation industry. Pilots Volchkova and Smakhtin at the time of the inspections was removed from the flight.

According to sources, the rocket could come down due to a technical failure in the weapons system of the helicopter. The Commission has already established that the rocket went off without a team pilot immediately after he turned the main switch arms. To confirm or refute these data will guide further examination.

We will remind, at the site of the Luga near St. Petersburg during a joint Russian-Belarusian exercises Zapad-2017 helicopter gunship fired missiles at the audience.

In turn, the defense Ministry said the missiles were fired on civilians during the exercise, in which took part the head of Department Sergey Shoigu and Russian President Vladimir Putin, and earlier, during training.

According to some reports, the missile attack injured two people.

At the same time, the official authorities do not confirm this information.

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