One of the versions of the reason for the fall of the Su-35S fighter of the Russian Air Force appeared on the network. This version may support initial claims that, that the crash of a combat aircraft was not due to a technical malfunction, and due to a series of errors. However, there are some nuances and issues here..
So, in Baza Telegram channel, providing information about various incidents, It reported that, that the flight director made an erroneous decision. is he, as stated, gave the order to eject the pilot, without taking into account the real situation. As stated by the authors of the channel, the flight director took the shooting of false thermal targets for the ignition of the aircraft during its takeoff from the Dzemgi airfield - LTC.
According to the information published by the channel, then the LTC worked in automatic mode, allegedly "having picked up radiation from equipment at the airfield". earlier it was reported, that the LTC was transferred to automatic mode by the pilot himself. After the shooting of thermal "traps" and there was an opinion that, that the fighter caught fire, after which the information was transmitted to the pilot. In the end, he catapulted, and the plane crashed to the ground.
These statements can hardly be called the ultimate truth., not least because, that there are no official statements about the reason for the fall of the Su-35 from the military department at the moment. Besides, raises the question of information about the allegedly automatically triggered LTCs when "capturing radiation". In this case, you can say, that virtually every takeoff of any fighter is "risk" of shooting false thermal targets, after all, in any case, the radiation (including from radar) at the airport "present". However, nothing like this happens when switching the system to "automatic".
Somewhat strange is the version that, that the operation of the LTC is due to "incorrect parameter settings". If this is true, what is worth asking, what parametric characteristics of radiation were the thermal "traps" of the fighter tuned to, and where exactly?..
