Russian Bomber crash

[Eric Janson]

Surprised this hasn't been posted yet.



Must have landed a lot harder than it appears on the video for the aircraft to come apart like that.

Looks like the rear section lands on what is left of the front section.

[Lachowic]

Odd choice of musical background, but nice video otherwise. That's a very ugly landing indeed.

[David MacRay]

I would think it hit hard, the approach angle almost seems more down than forward to me.

[mcrit]

The landing doesn’t look all that hard.  I wonder how often they inspect the fuselage for cracks and metal fatigue.