Completed an investigation March crash of AN-148 at Belgorod

Special commission concluded that the cause of the crash was unintentional withdrawal of the crew in the performance of emergency treatment to reduce aircraft to flight speed of 110 kilometers per hour is greater than the speed indicator for aircraft operation (above the design speed limit). "This led to the deformation plane, the emergence of low-frequency vibrations of the aircraft in all axes, an increase of alternating accelerations exceeding the margin of safety. The result was the destruction of aircraft in the air with its subsequent collision with the earth "- according to a report of the Commission, posted on the ministry's website. The main factors contributing to the accident, according to the commission were untimely and inadequate actions of the crew at the conclusion of the emergency reduction, lack of proper coordination among the members of the crew, execute an emergency descent from deviations from the recommendations of the Flight manual, unreliable information on the major indicators of the cabin crew regimes that are not characteristic for operation in accordance with the recommendations of guidelines for flight operations. As a result of the crash of the AN-148, which crashed March 5 during a flight test in the village Garbuzova Alekseevskii region Belgorod region, killing six people, including two citizens of Myanmar. On board the aircraft were the commander of the crew – pilot-test the first class, distinguished test pilot of Russia Yury Zubritsky, pilot-test the first class, honored the navigator of Russia Vladimir Jasko, board test engineer Alexander Korolyov, chief engineer for flight tests and pilots Anatoly Samoshkin Republic of the Union of Myanmar Hten Lin Aung and Zaw Htun Aung. Despite this Incidents, Rosaviatsia has not imposed a ban on the operation of the AN-148. According to the Russian Transport Minister Igor Levitin, the catastrophe of AN-148 in the Belgorod region does not affect the prospects of using such aircraft in Russia. "We have not suspended flights of An-148 Russian airlines, which indicates that this disaster will not affect the future use of these aircraft" – the minister said. U-148 is a perspective in civil aviation of Russia, he said. AN-148 – short-haul civilian aircraft, a co-Aviation Scientific-Technical Complex DC Antonova and Voronezh Aircraft Joint Stock Company VASO, designed to carry 70 to 99 passengers. Maximum range – up to 5,000 miles, cruising speed – 800-870 km / hr. The plane can take off and landing in all weather words from the ground and runways with artificial turf. Detail design of the aircraft began in 2001, flight tests – December 17, 2004. The first airplane of a new generation began to operate regular flights between Kyiv – Kharkiv 2 July 2009, recalled the ITAR-TASS.