1931 Tupolev ANT-9 crash: Difference between revisions

The aircraft was transporting a military commission headed by Deputy Chief of Staff of the [[Workers' and Peasants' Red Army|RKKA]], [[Vladimir Kirillovich Triandafillov]], and was piloted by experienced pilot Stepan Timofeyevich Rybalchuk. It was early morning, and there was fog, but Rybalchuk decided to fly in such weather (according to some reports, out of vanity). The flight took place at low altitude. In the area of the [[Alabino platform|Alabino platform]], the plane hit trees, after which it crashed to the ground and was destroyed. All people on board—three passengers and five crew members—died.{{citation needed|date= August 2024}}