[Video] Ukrainian Air Force An-30B (shot down by MANPADS) crash site survey

June 17, 2014 David Cenciotti Aviation Safety / Air Crashes, Troubled Areas, War in Ukraine 1

Here’s what survived of the Ukrainian An-30B shot down by MANPADS over Slavyansk.

A short video let’s you have a look at the crash site of the Ukrainian Air Force An-30B, believed to carry out surveillance missions, downed by MANPADS over Slavyansk on Jun. 6.

Just few burnt debris can be identified, including a landing wheel leg.

Footage and photos showed the plane going down and the aircrew jumping from the turboprop before it crashed into the ground.

H/T Steppen Wolf for the link

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David Cenciotti is a freelance journalist based in Rome, Italy. He is the Founder and Editor of “The Aviationist”, one of the world’s most famous and read military aviation blogs. Since 1996, he has written for major worldwide magazines, including Air Forces Monthly, Combat Aircraft, and many others, covering aviation, defense, war, industry, intelligence, crime and cyberwar. He has reported from the U.S., Europe, Australia and Syria, and flown several combat planes with different air forces. He is a former 2nd Lt. of the Italian Air Force, a private pilot and a graduate in Computer Engineering. He has written four books.