Just found a link at [url=
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www.Rt.com[/url] who complain that someone "leaked" the news that Flaps were connected with the accident.
Talk about a culture problem.
I went into some of the Russian sites and found this one. I'll put up the google translation
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https://life.ru/t/[/url]ÑкÑклюзивы/953404/oshibka_vnimaniia_vtoroi_pilot_tu-154_mogh_pierieputat_rychaghi_upravlieniia
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[size=48px][font=roboto slab]focus error. The co-pilot of the Tu-154 could confuse the control levers
[/font][/size][size=19px]After Decoding of the Ministry of Defense of the Tu-154 that captured all of the sounds and conversations in the cockpit before the crash, it became clear that the plane went out of control due to a problem with the flaps. It was a wrong action of pilots, or equipment failure. Now interdepartmental commission is trying to figure out what was wrong with the flaps.[/size][size=19px]Experts Interdepartmental Commission continue decoding of black boxes of the Tu-154 crashed into the Black Sea. Judging from the data decryption, an emergency situation with the plane was a surprise for the crew members, in the first seconds of the two pilots were confused, but quickly pulled himself together and tried to the last second to save the plane.[/size]
[color=rgb(46, 46, 46)][font=roboto][size=19px]BREAKDOWN:[/size][/font][/color][color=rgb(46, 46, 46)][font=roboto][size=19px]- Speed ... 300 ... (Inaudible.)[/size][/font][/color][color=rgb(46, 46, 46)][font=roboto][size=19px]- (Inaudible.)[/size][/font][/color][color=rgb(46, 46, 46)][font=roboto][size=19px]- Took the stand, the commander.[/size][/font][/color][color=rgb(46, 46, 46)][font=roboto][size=19px]- (Inaudible.)[/size][/font][/color][color=rgb(46, 46, 46)][font=roboto][size=19px]- Uh, e-my![/size][/font][/color][color=rgb(46, 46, 46)][font=roboto][size=19px](Sounds a sharp signal.)[/size][/font][/color][color=rgb(46, 46, 46)][font=roboto][size=19px]- Flaps, bitch, Th for x ** nya![/size][/font][/color][color=rgb(46, 46, 46)][font=roboto][size=19px]- Altimeter![/size][/font][/color][color=rgb(46, 46, 46)][font=roboto][size=19px]- We ... (Inaudible.)[/size][/font][/color][color=rgb(46, 46, 46)][font=roboto][size=19px](Sounds a signal of dangerous proximity to the ground.)[/size][/font][/color][color=rgb(46, 46, 46)][font=roboto][size=19px]- (Inaudible.)[/size][/font][/color][color=rgb(46, 46, 46)][font=roboto][size=19px]- Commander, we fall![/size][/font][/color][color=rgb(46, 46, 46)][font=roboto][size=19px]Thus it became clear that there were problems with the aircraft flaps. According Lajfa, experts believe that the co-pilot, who controls the flaps and landing gear are simply confused levers on the control panel.[/size][/font][/color][color=rgb(46, 46, 46)][font=roboto][size=19px]- In the third minute flight rather than retract the landing gear, the second pilot to retract the flaps, - told Life source familiar with the work of the Commission. - From this plane passed into the beyond the angle of attack, the crew tried to turn the car to make it to the ground, but did not have time. The plane hit the water, and he fell off the tail portion.[/size][/font][/color]
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[color=rgb(46, 46, 46)][font=roboto][size=19px]This version is considered acceptable and the test pilot Hero of Russia Magomed Tolboev.[/size][/font][/color][color=rgb(46, 46, 46)][font=roboto][size=19px]- The control panel of the Tu-154 toggle flaps and landing gear are located above the windscreen. Flaps - left, chassis - Right. Responsible for them co-pilot, who sits in a chair on the right. It is possible that the pilot could confuse or distract the levers at something, so the plane took off with the landing gear and flaps retracted, - he told Life Tolboev.[/size][/font][/color][color=rgb(46, 46, 46)][font=roboto][size=19px]Pilots who flew on the Tu-154, and do not rule out such an option, but note that the probability is low.[/size][/font][/color][color=rgb(46, 46, 46)][font=roboto][size=19px]- At the "Tupolev" landing gear and flaps cleaning handle are made to the car visor pilots between them, above the windscreen.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=rgb(46, 46, 46)][font=roboto][size=19px]Of course, in terms of ergonomics is wrong. They really are close, but you can mix them, perhaps only once in a million, if, for example, the pilot is very tired, - told Life Honored Pilot of the Russian Federation Viktor Sazhenin, himself eight years came off on the Tu-154. - They have a completely different ergonomics. Retraction handle - with a spherical tip as wheel flaps and removes trapezoidal handle, which is pushed with two fingers and has several positions.[/size][/font][/color][color=rgb(46, 46, 46)][font=roboto][size=19px]By the way, removes the flaps co-pilot sitting on the right, said Sazhenin. Also, according to him, the option to mix and leverage more unlikely because the flaps and landing gear retracted at different times. [/size][/font][/color]
[color=rgb(46, 46, 46)][font=roboto][size=19px]Chassis you need to remove immediately after take-off, and not through the 2-3 minutes of flight.[/size][/font][/color][color=rgb(46, 46, 46)][font=roboto][size=19px]An expert from the Federal Air Transport Agency said that a preliminary study recording voice recorder outputs in priority version of the technical malfunction of the ship and pilot error.However, other versions are processed. For example, getting into the engine of foreign objects (eg, birds), low-quality fuel, povlёkshee power loss and failure of the engines.[/size][/font][/color][color=rgb(46, 46, 46)][font=roboto][size=19px]The disaster Tu-154 took place December 25, 2016 at 5:40 am Moscow time on the 1.7 kilometers off the coast of Sochi. [/size][/font][/color]
[color=rgb(46, 46, 46)][font=roboto][size=19px]The board of the Russian Ministry of Defense flew to the Syrian Hmeymim to Chkalovsky airfield at the airport of Sochi, he refueled. On board the ship were 92 people. Two minutes after lift-off from the band, unable to gain altitude, the plane disappeared from radar screens. No alarms the crew did not let on.[/size][/font][/color]