Once the scattered projectiles are located, they will either be collected or detonated, depending on what is deemed safer.
An army drone has been deployed since today to map the area where the Antonov crashed, near Kavala, with the aim of locating the scattered projectiles scattered by the aircraft’s cargo.
Since the powerful explosion the projectiles have been launched in a radius of more than 500 meters far into the fields.
Detection will be followed by either collection of the projectiles or controlled explosions, depending on what is qualified as safer.
The operation will last over a month and will involve five 36-man Land Minesweeping Battalion teams sweeping an area of ​​1,000 acres.
The Municipality of Pangaio issued a statement, calling on citizens moving in the area around the place where the plane crash took place if they spot ammunition to immediately notify the authorities.
Riddle the causes of the fall
There are many questions that arise both from the actions of the pilot of the fatal aircraft and about the causes that led to the fall of
The experts are starting the research in this field as well, as they now have in their hands the black box of the aircraft, which the pyrotechnicians found in the wreckage.
The plane could have landed five minutes earlier before it crashed in Kavala, he said mayor of Voula – Vari – Vouliagmeni and acting commander of the Civil Aviation, Grigoris Konstandelos.
The main scenarios that experts investigate are:
- The fire with the loss of 2 engines
- Multiple organ loss that caused the loss of height
- Lack of oil which may have caused the fire
- The fire protection system was not activated
In the fire that occurred, the fire extinguishers either did not work, or were unable to extinguish the fire, as a result of which it spread to the other engine, so the aircraft went down in flames, noted the Konstantinos Iatridis, vice-captain e.a.
It is possible that the pilot of the Antonov initially thought that the damage to the aircraft was under control and therefore asked to return to Serbia, but within minutes the situation deteriorated dramatically.
The plane at 22:37 declared that it was returning back to Serbia, made a U-turn, started to return to Serbia, but five minutes later, the situation that existed escalated. That is, if the fire went out and came back, he requested an emergency landing in Kavala, he stressed, speaking to SKAI, the aeronautical engineer, Phaedon Karaiosifidis.
There is even the case that the fire was not only external but also internal, with the result that fumes were created from the smoke and the operators did not have time to put on a mask and pass out, noted Mr. Iatridis.
And here a number of questions arise about the actions of the pilot:
The unanswered questions
- What damage did it suffer?
- Why did you initially want to return to Serbia?
- Why didn’t he go to the nearest airport of Lemnos?
- Why was contact with the control tower lost for 2 minutes?
As mentioned by Mr. Kostandelos, the fact that instead of going to Lemnos, a distance of 32 miles above the sea and a flight of six minutes, the pilot chose to go to Chrysoupolis of Kavala, passing over a large mountain mass, that of Pangaios, raises questions. on a flight of twice the time. From the moment he broadcasts may day, the pilot chooses which airport to land at.
It is worth noting that in the last 35 years, 249 Antonov aircraft have crashed out of the 1200 that entered the production line.
Meanwhile, moves were also made at the diplomatic level.
Athens yesterday proceeded to double march of protest in both Serbia and Ukraine asking for an explanation for the fact that the Greek authorities had not been informed for the dangerous cargo carried by the Antonov.
By order of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikos Dendias, first the ambassador of Greece in Belgrade, and a few hours later, the general secretary of the ministry to the Ukrainian ambassador in Athens, asked for an explanation for the lack of information from the Greek side, about the nature of the cargo of the aircraft .
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