Russia - threadbanned users in OP

Hi.

Went looking back through FR.

Here is the aircraft in question. Tail number: RA-02795.

It's transponder was switched on quite late, when it was well into it's Climb to cruising altitude.

This is the point at which it appears on the tracking software, climbing through 16,900ft. The time is 15.02 UTC.

Here, the aircraft is continuing as normal, now at almost FL 270. The time is now 15.11 UTC.

Then, a few seconds later , The aircraft transponder signal stops, and the aircraft disappeared from "radar" ( not primary radar) at FL26825. The aircraft appeared to be in level flight at this stage, at a speed of just below 400kts. Note the Aeroflot 737 ( miraculously still flying without any western maintenance C and D checks or support, apparently, I might add) following behind.

The pilots of the following Aeroflot commercial flight, would have seen the Embrarer on their TCAS display and, 2000ft above them and almost directly in front, would have seen any explosions pertaining to the aircraft. This commercial flight peeled away to the left on a different heading just after the anomaly with the Embrarer, on its planned flight path.

There is one airbase to the south of where the aircraft came down, around 50km away. A home to Mig interceptor aircraft (25's or 31's?), this airport's runway was closed in 2014 for repairs and it is not entirely clear if it is currently operational.

Nope. Nearest aircraft was an Aeroflot 737 following behind. Regards. P.

Thanks.

Your last post once again shows that people that criticised your post in this thread are wrong. 👍

I'm sure there's a reasonable explanation for all this. His plane probably accidentally fell out of a 2000 story high window.

According to Prigozhin himself, the whole escapade was aimed at Shoigu and Gerazimov, who he claimed were refusing to supply him with the arms he needed to take Bakhmut, and the cause of many of his men getting killed, and as such was not aimed at or meant to overthrow Putin. However, Putin didn't interpret it that way, and promptly hightailed it out of the Kremlin ( same as most of the top brass.) when Prigozhin's armed convoy came within 70 miles of Moscow. So as we now know, a deal of one kind or another was hammered out between Putin and Prigozhin, which led Prigozhin into a false sense of security. Putin bided his time, neutralizing the Wagner group, and killing Prigozhin. The burning question now though is, has the Wagner group (and others) been neutralized enough....

Another Icarus that flew too close to the sun.

I'm trying to find a video that was posted after the attempted coup by Prigozhin, it was an interview with a guy who was hilarious and saying Prigozhin will be dead by August. This thread is so huge and I've no idea who posted it, can any one resurface it. It was brilliant.

Was it this meme? (Obviously not a real interview, but hilarious nonetheless)

This?

Edit: ah, snap

been away on a mission that they said was impossible...well...seems it wasnt so impossible and international headlines were made 😁

on a serious note...what happens now? are there enough of a leadership left in the wagner group to do anything?or do they just pack up in Africa and head home?

I'll believe he's dead when theres a positive ID from the wreckage. Remember when they raided his house they found loads of disguises he could use. Wouldn't put it past him to stage this so he could disappear to Africa.

Yeah, it makes perfect sense that he’s swanning around Africa going completely unnoticed.

Ergdogan performing political gymnastics again stating "Crimea is Ukraine" and calling on the release of Crimean Tatar leaders. This was yesterday.

I dunno, I think there's a strong bang of " his clothes were found in a neat pile on the beach" off this.