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Originally posted by Romantic_Rebel
reply to post by TortoiseKweek
If North Korean money is not worth anything
Regarding the cause of the crash, Asahi Shimbun reports, "China received a request for an emergency landing right before the crash,” adding, "the Chinese authorities think that something went wrong with the jet and it failed to land at a military airport near the scene of the accident."
A military expert in Beijing explained more about the jet in the same piece, saying, "The jet is a MiG-21. It can be identified by the bulging back of the fuselage and the wings, which are perpendicular to the body. Judging from the fact that there was no fire at the time of the crash, it can be assumed that the pilot attempted an emergency landing without any fuel left in the jet."
Mainichi Shimbun was similarly skeptical about the defecting theory, reporting, "It would have made more sense for the pilot to head south than to pass through Chinese airspace if he really was trying to defect. Most probably he was just on a patrol or training in response to the South Korea-United States joint military exercises which started on the 16th."
It explained, "Some in Beijing diplomatic circles say that the pilot was trying to defect to China, but experts on the North Korea-China relationship say that the possibility of his having wanted to defect to China, where defectors are most likely to be repatriated, is low.”
Thursday, August 19, 2010
1 US Dollar = 135.000 North Korean Won
1 North Korean Won (KPW) = 0.007407 US Dollar (USD)
even if Somehow this pilot made it to Russia and landed safely we would never know what he really told the Russians after they interrogated him. More than likely they would very quietly shipped him Back to NK
Originally posted by harryhaller
This is curious. It crashed but didn't burn. On one hand the pilot is referred to as "inexperienced", but he put that plane down pretty neatly, i mean, it didn't go nose first.
I think if he went south, AA would have got him, he'd know that. No defenses against the china border ... apparently. China would not be alarmed at a NK aeroplane in it's airspace ... it would seem. So, 1 in a million chance to make it over china to where he could escape, perhaps he viewed Russia as a safehaven?
It's easy for them to write this off as an unhappy trainee, but what's the chances it was someone higher up, who could have been valuable to russian intel?
from looking at the pics of the fighter i would say it was either a mechanical failure or a lucky AAA shot.
As bad off as Nk is right now i highly doubt the fighter had a full fuel load to begin with so a mad dash to Russia would be out of the question to begin with. travelling at Mach 2 and low on fuel it wouldn't have made the 20 minute flight to Russia. its fuel burn is just to high.
if Somehow this pilot made it to Russia and landed safely we would never know what he really told the Russians after they interrogated him.
Originally posted by oozyism
reply to post by Mercenary2007
I'm guessing you don't know how to use a radio?? Once again, he didn't need to cross to S-Korea in order to contact S-Koreans.
He just had to head towards the South, establish contact, and there you go.
And I did read what you wrote..
Originally posted by oozyism
reply to post by Mercenary2007
Me and you don't disagree, I'm just trying to clear the propaganda by frustrating you.
Yes South Korea wouldn't allow a Jet to enter even if defect because that would be idiotic ..
In the afternoon of September 6, 1976, with only 30 seconds of fuel remaining, a MiG-25, one of Soviet Russia's most prized and secret weapons, broke through the clouds above Hakodate, Japan, narrowly avoided a departing Japanese airliner, and dove down to the city's commercial airport where, in front of hundreds of amazed Japanese motorists, it landed—screeching, skidding, blowing a tire, plowing 800 feet off the runway, and finally stopping a few feet from a large antenna. Viktor Belenko had arrived in the West. Unlike the defections of athletes, artists, and diplomats who knew the truth about the United States, Belenko knew little other than the lies of Soviet propaganda. As a jet fighter pilot he was one of the elite of the Soviet military; with his future secure he had the best which that society could offer. But the lies, hypocrisy, and corruption inherent in that system made living there intolerable.
web.archive.org...://fullcontext.org/people/belenko.htm
Originally posted by TortoiseKweek
reply to post by crisko
Are you joking? No air force in the world mistreats their pilots, let alone let them starve? That's insane and nobody does that! Are the other posters here not recognizing that heat seeking missiles go for HEAT - IE the Back of the plane??
Oh wow, how "stupid am I"? Heat seeking missiles OBVIOUSLY go for the cockpit and fuselage! Gee, how stupid am I?!!
If I'm wrong, I apologise! I truly do!
[edit on 18-8-2010 by TortoiseKweek]