Cause of plane crash in Hoa Lac announced

After the memorial service for 18 soldiers in the plane crash in Hoa Lac (morning of July 11), in the afternoon of the same day, Major General Nguyen Kim Cach, Deputy Political Commissar of the Air Defense - Air Force, said that the plane had an accident due to a sudden loss of engine power.

Scene of the plane crash in Hoa Lac on the morning of July 11.

According to information from Major General Nguyen Kim Cach, the Mi 171 plane that crashed in Hoa Lac was due to an accident.

Airplanes usually have two engines. If one engine fails and suddenly loses power, the other engine will have to compensate.

However, in the case of the Mi 171 aircraft, because it had just taken off, it did not have enough altitude and did not have enough time for the second engine to compensate for the faulty engine.

To overcome the above situation, we must follow the principle that power compensation is only really effective when there is a certain time and height.

Assessing the time of the accident, Major General Cach said that if the pilot had landed immediately after the incident, the plane would have been safe, but because the plane was in the middle of a market with a large population, landing would have caused damage to many people.

"The pilot and crew tried to fly the plane high to avoid the populated area. When it reached an open area with little damage to the people, the plane was not in a condition to land, so it crashed and led to an accident that killed many soldiers," analyzed the Deputy Political Commissar of the Air Defense - Air Force.

Previously, Lieutenant General Vo Van Tuan - Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army said that before the crash, the Mi 171 had just taken off a few minutes ago and was in the process of circling to gain altitude.

Because the altitude was not high enough, the soldiers could not open their parachutes to escape.

"If you don't have enough height, you can't parachute. It's not like you can jump whenever you want just because you have a parachute," Lieutenant General Tuan explained.

According to Vietnam.net